Briar Definition
brīər
briars
noun
briars
Webster's New World
A Mediterranean shrub or small tree (Erica arborea) in the heath family, whose woody roots are used to make tobacco pipes.
American Heritage
A tobacco pipe made from the root of brier.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
Any thorny plant, now especially a wild rose.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- Smilax rotundifolia
- horse brier
- catbrier
- greenbrier
- bullbrier
- brier
- Rosa eglanteria
- sweetbrier
- eglantine
- sweetbriar
- Erica arborea
- tree heath
- briar-pipe
Other Word Forms of Briar
Noun
Singular:
briar
Plural:
briarsOrigin of Briar
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French bruyère heath from Old French from Vulgar Latin brūcāria from Late Latin brūcus heather of Celtic origin wer-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From French bruyère, assimilated with Etymology 1, above.
From Wiktionary
From Old English brær.
From Wiktionary
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