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Detailed Synonyms for brier in English

brier:

brier [the ~] noun

  1. the brier
    – evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes 1
    the brier; the Erica arborea; the tree heath; the briar
    – evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes 1
  2. the brier
    – 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 1
    the greenbrier; the bullbrier; the briar; the horse brier; the catbrier; the brier; the Smilax rotundifolia; the horse-brier
    – 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 1
  3. the brier
    – Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips 1
    the sweetbrier; the eglantine; the briar; the sweetbriar; the brier; the Rosa eglanteria
    – Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips 1
  4. the brier
    – tangled mass of prickly plants 1
    the brierpatch; the brier; the brier patch
    – tangled mass of prickly plants 1
  5. the brier
    – a thorny stem or twig 1
    the brier
    – a thorny stem or twig 1

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Related Definitions for "brier":

  1. evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes1
  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 berries1
  3. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips1
  4. tangled mass of prickly plants1
  5. a thorny stem or twig1

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