brier
/brˈaɪɝ/
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Definitions
Noun
tangled mass of prickly plants
Noun
a thorny stem or twig
Noun
Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
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
Noun
evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes
Synonyms
briar
brier patch
brierpatch
bullbrier
catbrier
eglantine
Erica arborea
greenbrier
horse brier
horse-brier
Rosa eglanteria
Smilax rotundifolia
sweetbriar
sweetbrier
tree heath