| 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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