HyperDic: briar

English > 4 senses of the word briar:
NOUNplantbriar, sweetbrier, sweetbriar, brier, eglantine, Rosa eglanteriaEurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
plantbriar, bullbrier, greenbrier, catbrier, horse brier, horse-brier, brier, Smilax rotundifoliaa very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough / tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries
plantbriar, tree heath, brier, Erica arboreaevergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes
artifactbriar, briar pipea pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath
briar > pronunciation
Soundsbray'er
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English > briar: 4 senses > noun 1, plant
MeaningEurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips.
Synonymssweetbrier, sweetbriar, brier, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria
Broaderrose, rosebushAny of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
Spanisheglantina
Catalaneglantine
English > briar: 4 senses > noun 2, plant
MeaningA very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough / tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries.
Synonymsbullbrier, greenbrier, catbrier, horse brier, horse-brier, brier, Smilax rotundifolia
Member ofSmilax, genus Smilaxsometimes placed in Smilacaceae
BroadervineA plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
Spanishbullbrier, catbrier
Catalanbullbrier, catbrier
Adjectivesbriaryhaving or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
English > briar: 4 senses > noun 3, plant
Meaningevergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes.
Synonymstree heath, brier, Erica arborea
PartsbriarrootHard woody root of the briar Erica arborea
Broadererica, true heathAny plant of the genus Erica
CatalanErica arborea
English > briar: 4 senses > noun 4, artifact
MeaningA pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath.
Synonymbriar pipe
Broaderpipe, tobacco pipeA tube with a small bowl at one end
Spanishpipa de brezo

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