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briarenUK
bri·ar 1 also bri·er B0477000 (brī′ər)n.1. A Mediterranean shrub or small tree (Erica arborea) in the heath family, whose woody roots are used to make tobacco pipes. Also called tree heath.2. A pipe made from the root of this plant or from a similar wood.
[French bruyère, heath, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *brūcāria, from Late Latin brūcus, heather, of Celtic origin; see wer- in Indo-European roots.]
bri·ar 2 B0477000 (brī′ər)n. Variant of brier1.briar (ˈbraɪə) or briern1. (Plants) Also called: tree heath an ericaceous shrub, Erica arborea, of S Europe, having a hard woody root (briarroot)2. (Plants) a tobacco pipe made from the root of this plant[C19: from French bruyère heath, from Late Latin brūcus, of Gaulish origin] ˈbriary, ˈbriery adj
briar (ˈbraɪə) n (Plants) a variant spelling of brier1bri•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. |  briar - Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hipseglantine, Rosa eglanteria, sweetbriar, sweetbrier, brierrose, rosebush - any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses | | 2. |  briar - 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, briergenus Smilax, Smilax - sometimes placed in Smilacaceaevine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface | | 3. |  briar - evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipesErica arborea, tree heath, briererica, true heath - any plant of the genus Ericabriarroot - hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea | | 4. | briar - a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heathbriar pipepipe, tobacco pipe - a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco |
TranslationsbriarenUK
briar: see brierbrier
or briar,
name sometimes given any thorny plant, more specifically the sweetbrier, and the greenbrier. French brier, or brierroot, is a name for the root of the European white heath so widely used in the manufacture of smoking pipes.
..... Click the link for more information. .briar, brier1. an ericaceous shrub, Erica arborea, of S Europe, having a hard woody root (briarroot) 2. a tobacco pipe made from the root of this plant briarenUK
Related to briar: briar pipeSynonyms for briarnoun Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hipsSynonyms- eglantine
- Rosa eglanteria
- sweetbriar
- sweetbrier
- brier
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
- brier
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
- brier
Related Wordsnoun a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heathSynonymsRelated Words |