briar2

 
Pronunciation: /brʌɪə/
(also brier)

noun

  • 1 (also briar pipe) a tobacco pipe made from woody nodules borne at ground level by a large woody plant of the heather family.
  • 2the tree heath, which bears the nodules from which briar pipes are made.

Origin:

mid 19th century: from French bruyère 'heath, heather', from medieval Latin brucus