» briar
Noun (4 meanings)
1. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips.
sweetbrier, sweetbriar, brier, briar, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria
2. a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries.
bullbrier, greenbrier, catbrier, horse brier, horse-brier, brier, briar, Smilax rotundifolia
briar is a type of:
- vine (noun) - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
briar is a member of:
- Smilax, genus Smilax (noun) - sometimes placed in Smilacaceae
briar is derivationally related to:
3. evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes.
briar is a type of:
- erica, true heath (noun) - any plant of the genus Erica
parts of briar:
- briarroot (noun) - hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea
4. a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath.
briar is a type of:
- pipe, tobacco pipe (noun) - a tube with a small bowl at one end