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Bull brier

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...

Briered

Set with briers...

brierwood

wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea it is used to make tobacco pipes See also 2nd brier and brier root...

Smilax

A genus of perennial climbing plants usually with a prickly woody stem green brier or cat brier The rootstocks of certain species are the source of the medicine called sarsaparilla...