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briar2

Pronunciation: /brʌɪə/
(also brier)
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Definition of briar

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

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