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briar
1[ brahy-er ]
briar
2[ brahy-er ]
noun
briar
1/ ˈbraɪə /
noun
- Also calledtree heath an ericaceous shrub, Erica arborea , of S Europe, having a hard woody root (briarroot)
- a tobacco pipe made from the root of this plant
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Derived Forms
- ˈbriary, adjective
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Other Words From
- briar·y adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of briar1
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Example Sentences
On, ever on, in the darkness and the mire, through clumps of whin and stray bushes of wild briar.
Unmistakably, up from the paper rose the strong, vivid scent—of a briar-wood pipe.
All England hath paid his taxes with my patrimony: I was a sheep that left my wool on every briar.
He loiters with the briar rose,— The blue-belles are his play-fellows,That dance upon their slender stem.
My coat was torn on a briar; I fired my gun at a crow as I went over the fields to my cottage.
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