单词 | brier |
释义 | brier 1. n. (also briar) any prickly bush esp. of a wild rose. Phrases and idioms brier-rose dog-rose. sweet-brier a wild rose, Rosa eglanteria, with small fragrant leaves and flowers. Derivatives briery adj. Etymology: OE br{aelig}r, brer, of unkn. orig. 2. n. (also briar)   1. a white heath, Erica arborea, native to S. Europe.   2. a tobacco pipe made from its root. Etymology: 19th-c. bruyer f. F bruy{egrave}re heath |
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