Definition of brier Brier
/bɹajˈɚ/ - [brayer] - bri•er
We found 12 definitions of brier from 5 different sources.
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What does brier mean?
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NounPlural: briers |
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| brier - tangled mass of prickly plants | ||
| brierpatch, brier patch | ||
| brier - a thorny stem or twig | ||
| brier - 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, briar, 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 | ||
| brier - evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes | ||
| tree heath, briar, Erica arborea | ||
| erica, true heath any plant of the genus Erica | ||
| brier - Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips | ||
| sweetbrier, sweetbriar, briar, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria | ||
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Wiktionary 
- brier (Noun)
A thorny Mediterranean shrub. - brier (Noun)
A pipe for smoking, made from the roots of that shrub. - brier (Noun)
Any unpleasantry in general.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- brier (n.)
Alt. of Briar
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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brier
brī′er, n. a prickly shrub: a common name for the wild rose: (Scot.) the thorn of the brier—also Brī′ar.—adjs. Brī′ery, Brī′ered, having briers. [A.S. brér.] -
brier
Briar, brī′ėr, n. the white heath, a shrub grown in France, from the root of which tobacco-pipes are made: a pipe of this wood. [Fr. bruyère, heath.]
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🔤- brier, noun, singular of briers.
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