English
Detailed Synonyms for briar in English
briar:
briar [the ~] noun
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the briar
– a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath 1 -
the briar
– evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes 1the Erica arborea; the tree heath; the briar; the brier– evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes 1 -
the briar
– 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 1the horse brier; the catbrier; the brier; the Smilax rotundifolia; the horse-brier; the greenbrier; the bullbrier; the briar– 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 1 -
the briar
– Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips 1the sweetbriar; the brier; the Rosa eglanteria; the sweetbrier; the eglantine; the briar– Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips 1