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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pseu·do-chi·na n.  Bot. The false china root, a plant of the genus Smilax (Smilax Pseudo-china), found in America.
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Bull bri·er Bot. 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.