NOUN | plant | brier, brierpatch, brier patch | tangled mass of prickly plants |
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plant | brier | a thorny stem or twig | |
plant | brier, sweetbrier, sweetbriar, briar, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria | Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips | |
plant | brier, bullbrier, greenbrier, catbrier, horse brier, horse-brier, briar, Smilax rotundifolia | a 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 | |
plant | brier, tree heath, briar, Erica arborea | evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes |
Sounds | bray'er | |
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Rhymes | acquire ... wire: 63 rhymes with ayer... |
Meaning | tangled mass of prickly plants. | |
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Synonyms | brierpatch, brier patch | |
Broader | vegetation, flora, botany | All the plant life in a particular region or period |
Spanish | brezal, zarzal, zarza |
Meaning | A thorny stem or twig. | |
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Broader | branchlet, twig, sprig | A small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division) |
Spanish | zarza |
Meaning | Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips. | |
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Synonyms | sweetbrier, sweetbriar, briar, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria | |
Broader | rose, rosebush | Any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses |
Spanish | eglantina | |
Catalan | eglantine |
Meaning | A 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. | |
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Synonyms | bullbrier, greenbrier, catbrier, horse brier, horse-brier, briar, Smilax rotundifolia | |
Member of | Smilax, genus Smilax | sometimes placed in Smilacaceae |
Broader | vine | A plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface |
Spanish | bullbrier, catbrier | |
Catalan | bullbrier, catbrier |
Meaning | evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes. | |
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Synonyms | tree heath, briar, Erica arborea | |
Parts | briarroot | Hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea |
Broader | erica, true heath | Any plant of the genus Erica |
Catalan | Erica arborea |
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