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briar 音標拼音: [br'ɑɪɚ] n. 野薔薇之一種 野薔薇之一種 briar n 1: Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips [ synonym: { sweetbrier}, { sweetbriar}, { brier}, { briar}, { eglantine}, { Rosa eglanteria}] 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 berries [ synonym: { bullbrier}, { greenbrier}, { catbrier}, { horse brier}, { horse- brier}, { brier}, { briar}, { Smilax rotundifolia}] 3: evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes [ synonym: { tree heath}, { briar}, { brier}, { Erica arborea}] 4: a pipe made from the root ( briarroot) of the tree heath [ synonym: { briar}, { briar pipe}] Briar \ Bri" ar\, n. Same as { Brier}. [ 1913 Webster]
Brier \ Bri" er\, Briar \ Bri" ar\ ( br[ imac]"[~ e] r), n. [ OE. brere, brer, AS. br[= e] r, br[ ae] r; cf. Ir. briar prickle, thorn, brier, pin, Gael. preas bush, brier, W. prys, prysg.] 1. A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles; especially, species of { Rosa}, { Rubus}, and { Smilax}. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings. [ 1913 Webster] The thorns and briers of reproof. -- Cowper. [ 1913 Webster] { Brier root}, the root of the southern { Smilax laurifolia} and { Smilax Walteri}; -- used for tobacco pipes. See also 2nd { brier}. { Cat brier}, { Green brier}, several species of Smilax ({ Smilax rotundifolia}, etc.) { Sweet brier} ({ Rosa rubiginosa}). See { Sweetbrier}. { Yellow brier}, the { Rosa Eglantina}. [ 1913 Webster] 44 Moby Thesaurus words for " briar": adherent, adhesive, barnacle, bramble, brier, brier bush, bristle, bulldog, burr, bush, cactus, catchweed, cement, cleavers, decal, decalcomania, glue, goose grass, gunk, leech, limpet, molasses, mucilage, needle, nettle, paste, pine needle, plaster, prickle, quill, remora, scrub, shrub, shrubbery, spicule, spiculum, spike, spikelet, spine, sticker, syrup, thistle, thorn, yucca
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