briar

1. (noun) a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath
Synonyms: briar pipe
Related Words: pipe, tobacco pipe

2. (noun) evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes
Synonyms: Erica arborea, brier, tree heath
Related Words: erica, true heath

3. (noun) Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
Synonyms: Rosa eglanteria, brier, eglantine, sweetbriar, sweetbrier
Related Words: rose

4. (noun) 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: Smilax rotundifolia, brier, bullbrier, catbrier, greenbrier, horsebrier
Related Words: vine



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