Chinaroot, china-root, or china root may refer to:
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Smilax glabra
''Smilax glabra'', sarsaparilla, is a plant species in the genus ''Smilax''. It is native to flora of China, China, the Himalayas, and Indochina.
''S. glabra'' is a traditional Chinese medicine, traditional medicine in Chinese herbology, whence ...
'', the traditional medicinal chinaroot
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Smilax china
''Smilax china'' is a vine, climbing plant species in the genus ''Smilax''. It is native to China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan (including Ryukyu Islands, Ryukyu and Bonin Islands), Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and Assam. It also known as chi ...
'', a related climbing plant also known as chinaroot
See also
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Smilax pseudochina
''Smilax pseudochina'' is a perennial herb in the greenbriar family. It is commonly called bamboo vine or false chinaroot. Its range extends up the Atlantic Coast of the United States, from Long Island in New York State south to Georgia.
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'', the false chinaroot
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Smilax
''Smilax'' is a genus of about 300–350 species, found in the tropics and subtropics worldwide. In China for example about 80 are found (39 of which are endemic), while there are 20 in North America north of Mexico. They are climbing flowering ...
'', the larger genus
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Syphilis
Syphilis () is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium ''Treponema pallidum'' subspecies ''pallidum''. The signs and symptoms of syphilis vary depending in which of the four stages it presents (primary, secondary, latent, an ...
, a major disease previously treated with chinaroot
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