Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Bull brier

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Bull brier


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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.