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brier::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | briar, eglantine, rosa eglanteria, sweetbriar, sweetbrier |
| Type of | rosebush, rose |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | brier patch, brierpatch |
| Type of | botany, flora, vegetation |
brier::noun | Spocien Dictionary
evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | briar, erica arborea, tree heath |
| Type of | true heath, erica |
brier::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | briar, bullbrier, catbrier, greenbrier, horse-brier, horse brier, smilax rotundifolia |
| Type of | vine |
Examples of brier
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Brier will give a lecture and examine one of the mummies at the museum Saturday.
From the kansas.com
Brier says she was a bit reluctant to tackle a few of the more traumatic scenes.
From the kentucky.com
Brier Creek's lawyers have asked a Wake judge to step in and settle the matter.
From the newsobserver.com
Brier is the fourth of six speakers in the lecture series for the 2007-08 season.
From the fresnobee.com
Brier confirmed that Spencer contacted the school recently for more training tips.
From the dailyherald.com
No one in his right mind wants to get into the brier patch with the tar baby.
From the upi.com
Brier said guards doing similar work in California earn about $24 per hour.
From the thenewstribune.com
The botanical payoff for the exploration is worth muddy shoes and a few brier scratches.
From the thestate.com
Brier noticed him admiring a biplane and asked whether he'd ever flown.
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- Tangled mass of prickly plants
- A thorny stem or twig
- Sweetbrier: Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
- Bullbrier: 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
- Tree heath: evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes
- The Tim Hortons Brier, or simply (and more commonly) the Brier, is the annual Canadian men's curling championship, sanctioned by the Canadian Curling Association (CCA). The current event name refers to its main sponsor, the Tim Hortons coffee and doughnut shop chain.
- Briers is a surname and may refer to : * Lee Briers (b. 1978), Welsh rugby league player * Lucy Briers (b. 1967), English actress * Mark Briers (b. 1968), former English cricketer * Nigel Briers (b. 1955), former English cricketer * Norman Briers (b. ...
- Havelsee is a town in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the river Havel, 12u00A0km northwest of Brandenburg.
- A thorny Mediterranean shrub; A pipe made from the roots of that shrub; A metaphor for any unpleasantry in general
