IVIV (2) Sauncho Smilax

[Doug Millison]

Great name for a lawyer:

…rhymes with Pugnax, in ATD.

Smile + Axe = Smilax?

Sounds like a laxative, too.

Smooth Carrion Flower (Smilax herbacea)
Nov 13, 2005 ... Smilax herbacea. The flowers smell like carrion,  
which attracts flies, ... Smilax herbacea. Pistillate (female)  
flowers. ...
www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/smilaxherb.html

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smilax
	• Main Entry:	smi·lax
	• Pronunciation: \ˈsmī-ˌlaks\
	• Function: noun
	• Etymology: Latin, bindweed, yew, from Greek
	• Date: 1551
1 : greenbrier
2 : a tender twining asparagus (Asparagus asparagoides) of southern  
Africa that has ovate bright green cladophylls which are often used in  
floral arrangements
Smilax Officinalis is believed to augment an athlete's performance  
during training and other situations when the body is pushed to the  
max. ...
www.bodybuilding.com/store/smilax.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smilax
Smilax is a genus of about 300-350 species, found in temperate zones,  
tropics and subtropics worldwide. In China for example about 80 are  
found (39 of which are endemic), while there are 20 in North America  
north of Mexico[1]. They are climbing flowering plants, many of which  
are woody and/or thorny, in the monocotyledon family Smilacaceae,  
native throughout the tropical and warm temperate regions of the  
world. Common names include catbriers, greenbriers, prickly-ivys and  
smilaxes. "Sarsaparilla" (also zarzaparrilla, sarsparilla) is a name  
used specifically for the Jamaican S. regelii as well as a catch-all  
term in particular for American species.

  Occasionally, the non-woody species such as the Smooth Herbaceous  
Greenbrier (S. herbacea) are separated as genus Nemexia; they are  
commonly known by the rather ambiguous name "carrion flowers".

Greenbriers get their scientific name from the Greek myth of Krokus  
and the nymph Smilax.[2] Though this myth has numerous forms, it  
always centers around the unfulfilled and tragic love of a mortal man  
who is turned into a flower, and a woodland nymph who is transformed  
into a brambly vine. (Compare the story of Barbara Allen and sweet  
William: They buried Barbara in the old church yard They buried Sweet  
William beside her Out of his grave grew a red, red rose And out of  
hers a briar)

…An extract from the roots of some species – most significantly  
Jamaican Sarsaparilla (S. regelii) – is used to make the sarsaparilla  
drink and other root beers…

…as early as about 1590, the Persian scholar Imad al-Din Mahmud ibn  
Mas'ud Shirazi gave a detailed evaluation of the medical properties of  
Chinaroot, especially its use against syphilis.…

The leaves of Jamaican Sarsaparilla (S. regelii) are a favorite foods  
of the Smurfs. The wooden robot Clockwork Smurf is able to process the  
leaves into hot soup. In the film versions, the Smurfs are also fond  
of the berries, which they call "Smurfberries".

  In the RPG video game Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars,  
"Smilax" is a boss Piranha Plant encountered before entering the  
Nimbus Land.

  In the Willa Cather short story The Sculptor's Funeral, smilax  
wreathes a sculpture in the house of Mrs. Merrick.

  In the 1974 TV series Land of the Lost, Holly often attempted to  
make smilax cakes resulting in a doughy, gummy, barely edible  
confection.

  In the 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, protagonist  
Atticus Finch is paid in part with a "crate of smilax and holly".
File under: All roads lead to the Internet:
Smilax ™ is an internet server with a wiki interface for building  
websites that has been in use for about two years. The current  
implementation is written ...
www.smilax.org/ -