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
brierEnglish
brier, briar, Erica arborea, Rosa eglanteria, Smilax rotundifolia
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
English: bullbrier, greenbrier, catbrier, horse brier, horse-brier, brier, briar, Smilax rotundifolia
Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
English: sweetbrier, sweetbriar, brier, briar, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria
2 more noun senses
Tangled mass of prickly plants
English: brier, brierpatch, brier patch
A thorny stem or twig
English: brier