briar
1. [ noun ] (botany) evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes
Synonyms: brier Erica_arborea tree_heath
Related terms: erica briarroot
2. [ noun ] (botany) 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
Synonyms: greenbrier catbrier horsebrier brier Smilax_rotundifolia horse-brier horse_brier bullbrier
Related terms: vine Smilax
3. [ noun ] (botany) Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
Synonyms: sweetbriar brier eglantine Rosa_eglanteria sweetbrier
Related terms: rose
4. [ noun ] a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath
Synonyms: briar_pipe
Related terms: pipe
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