Word: smilaxes
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: smi
la
xes
Definition: Plural of smilax; sometimes placed in Smilacaceae
Morphemes:
Affix: smilax
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any member of the Smilax genus of greenbriers; a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries
Affix: -es
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the regular plural of nouns