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Definition: Smilax Pseudo-China
Bull brier
\Bull" bri`er\ (Bot.)
A species of Smilax (
Smilax Pseudo-China) growing from New
Jersey to the Gulf of Mexico, which has very large tuberous
and farinaceous rootstocks, formerly used by the Indians for
a sort of bread, and by the negroes as an ingredient in
making beer; -- called also
bamboo brier and
China brier.
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