Definition of briar Briar
/bɹajˈɚ/ - [brayer] - bri•ar
We found 12 definitions of briar from 4 different sources.
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What does briar mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: briars |
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| briar - a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath | ||
| briar pipe | ||
| briar - 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 | ||
| bullbrier, greenbrier, catbrier, horse brier, horse-brier, brier, Smilax rotundifolia | ||
| vine a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface | ||
| genus smilax, smilax fragile twining plant of South Africa with bright green flattened stems and glossy foliage popular as a floral decoration | ||
| briar - evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes | ||
| tree heath, brier, Erica arborea | ||
| erica, true heath any plant of the genus Erica | ||
| briar - Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips | ||
| sweetbrier, sweetbriar, brier, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- briar (n.)
Same as Brier. - briar (n.)
A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles; especially, species of Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax. - briar (n.)
Fig.: Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.
Part of speech
🔤- briar, noun, singular of briars.
