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"Briar" Definition

noun

A Mediterranean shrub or small tree (Erica arborea) whose hard, woody roots are used to make tobacco pipes.
A pipe made from the root of this plant or from a similar wood.
Variant of brier1.
A plant (as a rose, blackberry, or greenbrier) having a usually woody and thorny or prickly stem.
A mass or twig of these.