briars

Briars are thorny plants that grow in dense clusters. They are often found near water, and they are very difficult to remove.

  • The briars are difficult to remove, and they will damage your car.

  • The briars will scratch your car, and they are poisonous.

Definition of briars

noun

Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips

Synonyms:

brier, eglantine, rosa eglanteria, sweetbriar, sweetbrier

noun

a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath

Synonyms:

briar pipe

noun

evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes

Synonyms:

brier, erica arborea, tree heath

noun

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

Synonyms:

brier, bullbrier, catbrier, greenbrier, horse-brier, horse brier, smilax rotundifolia

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