| briar | 1. A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles; especially, species of Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax. 2. Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings. "The thorns and briers of reproof." (Cowper) Brier root, the root of the southern Smilax laurifolia and S. Walleri; used for tobacco pipes. Cat brier, Green brier, several species of Smilax (S. Rotundifolia, etc) Sweet brier (Rosa rubiginosa). See Sweetbrier. Yellow brier, the Rosa Eglantina. Origin: OE. Brere, brer, AS. Brer, braer; cf. Ir. Briar prickle, thorn, brier, pin, Gael. Preas bush, brier, W. Prys, prysg. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| briar | a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath |
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| briar | evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes |
| briar | a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries |
| briar | Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips |
| briar | a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath |
| briar | old French breed of large strong usually black dogs having a long tail and long wavy and slightly stiff coat |
| briar | hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea |
| briar | wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea |
| briar | having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns etc. |
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