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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.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bull Brier'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/bull-brier.html. 1828.
 
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