Difference between revisions of "Sauncho Smilax"
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'''Sauncho Smilax'''<br /> | '''Sauncho Smilax'''<br /> | ||
| − | '''Sauncho:''' variant of Sancho (Latin), meaning Saint, Sanctified, Sincere, Truthful. | + | *'''Sauncho:''' variant of Sancho (Latin), meaning Saint, Sanctified, Sincere, Truthful. |
| − | All species of '''Smilax''' are climbing vines with sharp spiny thorns, forming dense impenetrable, invasive thickets. Common names include catbriers, greenbriers, prickly-ivys, sarsaparilla and smilaxes. The word ''Smilax'' derives from the Greek, for "bindweed." ''Smilax'' is very resistant to eradication. | + | *All species of '''Smilax''' are climbing vines with sharp spiny thorns, forming dense impenetrable, invasive thickets. Common names include catbriers, greenbriers, prickly-ivys, sarsaparilla and smilaxes. The word ''Smilax'' derives from the Greek, for "bindweed." ''Smilax'' is very resistant to eradication. |
| − | From Greek mythology the nymph ''Smilax'' was slighted by the boy Krokos and transformed into the vine. Another version states that the gods having pity on the grief-stricken boy Krokos who witnessed the death of his lover, the nymph ''Smilax'', changed him into a flower—the saffron crocus and ''Smilax'' into the bindweed, forever entwining the two. | + | *From Greek mythology the nymph ''Smilax'' was slighted by the boy Krokos and transformed into the vine. Another version states that the gods having pity on the grief-stricken boy Krokos who witnessed the death of his lover, the nymph ''Smilax'', changed him into a flower—the saffron crocus and ''Smilax'' into the bindweed, forever entwining the two. |
| − | Coincidentally, there is a [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=SMILAX+STREET+LOS+ANGELES&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31.23349,56.337891&ie=UTF8&ll=34.077385,-118.286061&spn=0.007962,0.013754&z=16&iwloc=A Smilax Street] in Los Angeles. | + | *Coincidentally, there is a [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=SMILAX+STREET+LOS+ANGELES&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31.23349,56.337891&ie=UTF8&ll=34.077385,-118.286061&spn=0.007962,0.013754&z=16&iwloc=A Smilax Street] in Los Angeles. |
Revision as of 09:35, 10 August 2009
Sauncho Smilax
- Sauncho: variant of Sancho (Latin), meaning Saint, Sanctified, Sincere, Truthful.
- All species of Smilax are climbing vines with sharp spiny thorns, forming dense impenetrable, invasive thickets. Common names include catbriers, greenbriers, prickly-ivys, sarsaparilla and smilaxes. The word Smilax derives from the Greek, for "bindweed." Smilax is very resistant to eradication.
- From Greek mythology the nymph Smilax was slighted by the boy Krokos and transformed into the vine. Another version states that the gods having pity on the grief-stricken boy Krokos who witnessed the death of his lover, the nymph Smilax, changed him into a flower—the saffron crocus and Smilax into the bindweed, forever entwining the two.
- Coincidentally, there is a Smilax Street in Los Angeles.
