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 | |
Similar spelling: |
briary Brar Breier Brauer Bryer brier Breer briery Briere Brower Breyer brewer Breuer |