Briar Definition
 brīər 
  briars
  
    noun
  
 
    briars
  
Webster's New World 
A Mediterranean shrub or small tree (Erica arborea) in the heath family, whose woody roots are used to make tobacco pipes.
 American Heritage 
A tobacco pipe made from the root of brier.
Webster's New World 
Webster's New World 
Any thorny plant, now especially a wild rose.
Wiktionary 
Synonyms: 
  - Smilax rotundifolia
 - horse brier
 - catbrier
 - greenbrier
 - bullbrier
 - brier
 - Rosa eglanteria
 - sweetbrier
 - eglantine
 - sweetbriar
 - Erica arborea
 - tree heath
 - briar-pipe
 
Other Word Forms of Briar
Noun
Singular:
 briarPlural:
 briarsOrigin of Briar
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French bruyère heath from Old French from Vulgar Latin brūcāria from Late Latin brūcus heather of Celtic origin wer-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From French bruyère, assimilated with Etymology 1, above.
From Wiktionary
 From Old English brær.
From Wiktionary
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