chinaroot

English

Etymology

China +‎ root

Noun

chinaroot (countable and uncountable, plural chinaroots)

  1. Smilax glabra, a plant used in Chinese herbology.
    • 1893, The Handbook of Jamaica, page 44:
      In his first report on the condition of the island he informed the King that "sugar, ginger, indigo, cotton, tobacco, dyeing woods and cocoa may be had and are produced as well as anywhere ; but pimento, chinaroots, aloes, rhubarb, sarsaparilla, tamarinds, cassia, vaignillios, hides and tallow are the proper commodities.
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