 brier |
||
| 1. | [ noun ] (botany) tangled mass of prickly plants | |
| Synonyms: | bier_patch brier_patch brierpatch | |
| Related terms: | vegetation | |
| 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 briar 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 briar eglantine Rosa_eglanteria sweetbrier | |
| Related terms: | rose | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (botany) a thorny stem or twig | |
| Related terms: | branchlet | |
| 5. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 13341 | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (botany) evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes | |
| Synonyms: | briar Erica_arborea tree_heath | |
| Related terms: | erica briarroot | |
| Similar spelling: |
briery Briere Breier Bryer Breer Brower Breyer brewer Breuer Brauer brewery Brar Brouwer briar briary |
|
