| NOUN | plant | briarroot | hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea |
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| Meaning | Hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea. | |
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| Part of | tree heath, briar, brier, Erica arborea | evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes |
| Broader | root | (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes |
| Substances | briarwood, brierwood, brier-wood | wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea |
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