Smilax
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Smilax is a genus of climbing, often prickly plants commonly known as greenbriers or catbriers, many of which have medicinal and culinary uses.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Smilax canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12214217 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Smilax Context triple: [Liliales, hasRepresentativeGenus, Smilax]
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A.
Sauncho Smilax
Sauncho Smilax is a quirky, maritime-obsessed lawyer who serves as a friend and legal advisor to private investigator Doc Sportello in Thomas Pynchon's novel "Inherent Vice."
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B.
Diplopanax
Diplopanax is a small genus of flowering trees known for its relict, subtropical East Asian distribution and taxonomically debated placement among dogwood-related families.
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C.
Tinospora
Tinospora is a genus of climbing shrubs known for their medicinally used stems and widespread occurrence in tropical and subtropical regions.
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D.
Stephania tetrandra
Stephania tetrandra is a climbing plant species in the moonseed family known for its traditional use in Chinese medicine, particularly for its anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties.
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E.
Boehmeria
Boehmeria is a genus of flowering plants commonly known for species like ramie, which are cultivated for their strong, fibrous stems used in textile production.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Smilax Target entity description: Smilax is a genus of climbing, often prickly plants commonly known as greenbriers or catbriers, many of which have medicinal and culinary uses.
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A.
Sauncho Smilax
Sauncho Smilax is a quirky, maritime-obsessed lawyer who serves as a friend and legal advisor to private investigator Doc Sportello in Thomas Pynchon's novel "Inherent Vice."
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B.
Diplopanax
Diplopanax is a small genus of flowering trees known for its relict, subtropical East Asian distribution and taxonomically debated placement among dogwood-related families.
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C.
Tinospora
Tinospora is a genus of climbing shrubs known for their medicinally used stems and widespread occurrence in tropical and subtropical regions.
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D.
Stephania tetrandra
Stephania tetrandra is a climbing plant species in the moonseed family known for its traditional use in Chinese medicine, particularly for its anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties.
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E.
Boehmeria
Boehmeria is a genus of flowering plants commonly known for species like ramie, which are cultivated for their strong, fibrous stems used in textile production.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.