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单词 brier
释义 bri·er
I. noun
or bri·ar \ˈbrīə(r)\
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English brere, from Old English brær, brēr
1.
 a. : a plant (as members of the genera Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax) with a woody stem bearing thorns or prickles
 b. Britain : wild rose
2. : a group or mass of brier bushes
3. : a thorn or twig of a brier : a branch of brier
II. noun
or briar \“\
(-s)
Etymology: French bruyère heath, heather, from Middle French bruiere, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin brucaria heath, from Late Latin brucus heather, of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish froech heather, Welsh grug; akin to Greek ereikē heather, Lithuanian viržis
: a heath (Erica arborea) of southern Europe the root of which is used for making pipes — see briar, french brier
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