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Meaning Of Bull brier
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.