brier 1

荆棘；野蔷薇（丛） （亦作： briar）

brier 2

〈植〉欧石南

石南根制的烟斗

brier

荆棘, 野蔷薇

brier

any of various thorny shrubs or other plants, such as the sweetbrier and greenbrier

brier

a variant spelling of briar

brier

1. tangled mass of prickly plants

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2. a thorny stem or twig

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3. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips

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4. 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

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5. 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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