Smilax laurifolia

Smilax laurifolia
Brier Bri"er, n. 1. the white heath {Erica arborea}. --RHUD. [PJC]

2. a smoking pipe made of the root of the brier[1].

Note: Brierroot seems to have been used formerly as a term meaning root of the {Smilax laurifolia} and is now defined as root of the {Erica arborea}. Not clear when this changed. -- PJC. [PJC]


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