Thesaurus: bull brier

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1. A species of Smilax (S. 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.
2. A species of Smilax (S. 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.
3. A species of Smilax (S. Pseudo-China) growing from New Jerseyto the Gulf of Mexico, which has very large tuberous and farinaceousrootstocks, formerly used by the Indians for a sort of bread, and bythe negroes as an ingredient in making beer; -- called also bamboobrier and China brier.