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brierenUK
bri·er 1 also bri·ar B0477000 (brī′ər)n. Any of several prickly plants, such as certain rosebushes or the greenbrier.
[Middle English brer, from Old English brēr.]
bri′er·y adj.
bri·er 2 B0477000 (brī′ər)n. Variant of briar1.brier (ˈbraɪə) or briarn (Plants) any of various thorny shrubs or other plants, such as the sweetbrier and greenbrier[Old English brēr, brǣr, of obscure origin] ˈbriery, ˈbriary adj
brier (ˈbraɪə) n (Plants) a variant spelling of briar1bri•er1 or bri•ar (ˈbraɪ ər)
n. 1. a prickly plant or shrub, esp. the sweetbrier or a catbrier. 2. a tangled mass of prickly plants. 3. a thorny stem or twig. [before 1000; Middle English brer] bri′er•y, adj. bri•er2 or bri•ar (ˈbraɪ ər)
n. 1. the white heath, Erica arborea, of France and Corsica, the woody root of which is used for making tobacco pipes. 2. a pipe made of brierroot. [1865–70; earlier bruyer < French bruyère, Old French < Gallo-Latin *brūcāria, derivative of *brūc- heather] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | brier - tangled mass of prickly plantsbrier patch, brierpatchbotany, flora, vegetation - all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China" | | 2. | brier - a thorny stem or twigbranchlet, sprig, twig - a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year | | 3. |  brier - Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hipsbriar, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria, sweetbriar, sweetbrierrose, rosebush - any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses | | 4. |  brier - 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 berriesbullbrier, catbrier, greenbrier, horse brier, horse-brier, Smilax rotundifolia, briargenus Smilax, Smilax - sometimes placed in Smilacaceaevine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface | | 5. |  brier - evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipesErica arborea, tree heath, briarerica, true heath - any plant of the genus Ericabriarroot - hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea |
TranslationsbrierenUK
brier or briar, name sometimes given any thorny plant, more specifically the sweetbriersweetbrier,
sweetbriar,
or eglantine
[O. Fr. from Lat.,=needle], wild rose of Europe (Rosa eglanteria), cultivated and now naturalized in the United States.
..... Click the link for more information. , and the greenbrier. French brier, or brierroot, is a name for the root of the European white heathheath,
in botany, common name for some members of the Ericaceae, a family of chiefly evergreen shrubs with berry or capsule fruits. Plants of the heath family form the characteristic vegetation of many regions with acid soils, particularly the moors, swamps, and mountain slopes
..... Click the link for more information. so widely used in the manufacture of smoking pipes.brier, briar any of various thorny shrubs or other plants, such as the sweetbrier and greenbrier brierenUK
Synonyms for briernoun tangled mass of prickly plantsSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun a thorny stem or twigRelated Wordsnoun Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hipsSynonyms- briar
- eglantine
- Rosa eglanteria
- sweetbriar
- sweetbrier
Related Wordsnoun 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 berriesSynonyms- bullbrier
- catbrier
- greenbrier
- horse brier
- horse-brier
- Smilax rotundifolia
- briar
Related Wordsnoun evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipesSynonyms- Erica arborea
- tree heath
- briar
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