briery

Variant of brier

brier definition

brier (brī′ər)

noun

  1. any prickly or thorny bush, as a bramble or wild rose
  2. a growth of such bushes
  3. a twig of a brier

Etymology: ME brere (with vowel change as in friar < ME frere) < OE brer, brær

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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