σμῖλαξ
ακος
A.
τοῦ μίλακος Thphr. HP 1.10.5):—in Arcadia, holm-oak, Quercus Ilex, ib.3.16.2; milax, Plin. HN 16.19.
II.
= σμῖλος, μῖλος, yew, Taxus baccata, Pl. R. 372b, Dsc. 4.79, Plu. 2.647f; milax, Plin. HN 16.51.
III.
σμ. κηπαία, kidneybean, Phaseolus vulgaris, Dsc. 2.146.
IV.
bindweed, μῖλαξ in Thphr. HP 1.10.6, Plin. HN 24.83, σμῖλαξ Thphr. HP 3.18.11, 7.8.1; μ. τραχεῖα rough bindweed, Smilax aspera, Dsc. 4.142; σμ. τραχεῖα Ps.-Dsc. 4.142; μ. λεία great bindweed, Convolvulus sepium, Dsc. 4.143; σμ. λεία Ps.-Dsc. 4.143.—The σμῖλαξ or μῖλαξ of Trag. and Com. is prob. Smilax aspera (No. IV), cf. E. Ba. 108 (lyr.), 703, Ar. Nu. 1007; σμ. ἡ πολύφυλλος Eup. 14.3, cf. Ar. Av. 216 (anap.).