briarEnglish

briar, brier, Erica arborea, Rosa eglanteria, Smilax rotundifolia

Noun

A pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath

English: briar, briar pipe

Evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes

English: tree heath, briar, brier, Erica arborea

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

English: bullbrier, greenbrier, catbrier, horse brier, horse-brier, brier, briar, Smilax rotundifolia

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Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips

English: sweetbrier, sweetbriar, brier, briar, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria

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