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briar
(redirected from sweet briars)

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bri·ar 1 also bri·er  (brr)
n.
1. A Mediterranean shrub or small tree (Erica arborea) whose hard, woody roots are used to make tobacco pipes.
2. A pipe made from the root of this plant or from a similar wood.

[French bruyère, heath, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *brcria, from Late Latin brcus, heather, of Celtic origin; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.]

briar 1 or brier
Noun
1. a shrub of S Europe, with a hard woody root (briarroot)
2. a tobacco pipe made from this root [French bruyère]

briar 2
Noun
same as brier1
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.briarbriar - Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
rose, rosebush - any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
2.briarbriar - 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
genus Smilax, Smilax - sometimes placed in Smilacaceae
vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
3.briarbriar - evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes
erica, true heath - any plant of the genus Erica
briarroot - hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea
4.briar - a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath
pipe, tobacco pipe - a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
Translations

briar [ˈbraɪəʳ] n (= thorny bush) → zarza (= wild rose); escaramujo, rosa silvestre
briar [ˈbraɪəʳ] n (= thorny bush) → ronces fpl (= wild rose); églantine f
briar [ˈbraɪəʳ] nDornbusch m;
(wild rose) → wilde Rose f
briar [ˈbraɪəʳ] n (= thorny bush) → rovo (= wild rose); rosa selvatica


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