Origin: 1865–70; earlier bruyer < F bruyère, OF < Gallo-Latin *brūcāria field of heather, equiv to *brūc- heather (< Gaulish, perh. *broiko- (with early L change of oi > ū) < Celtic *wroiko- > OIr froech, Welsh grug) + L -āria-ary; cf. early ML brucus, brugaria;see -er2, -ar2
A Mediterranean shrub or small tree (Erica arborea) whose hard, woody roots are used to make tobacco pipes.
A pipe made from the root of this plant or from a similar wood.
[French bruyère, heath, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *brūcāria, from Late Latin brūcus, heather, of Celtic origin; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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