briar

Definitions


[ˈbrʌɪə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- any of a number of prickly scrambling shrubs, especially a wild rose


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Origin:
Old English brǣr, brēr, of unknown origin


[ˈbrʌɪə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a tobacco pipe made from woody nodules borne at ground level by a large woody plant of the heather family

- the tree heath, which bears the nodules from which briar pipes are made


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Origin:
mid 19th century: from French bruyère ‘heath, heather’, from medieval Latin brucus




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