Definition of briar
botany : a plant (such as a rose, blackberry, or greenbrier) having a usually woody and thorny or prickly stem a thicket of briars a briar patch; also : a mass or twig of these
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Origin and Etymology of briar
Middle English brere, from Old English brēr
First Known Use: 15th century
briar
Definition of briar
: a tobacco pipe made from the root or stem of a European heath (Erica arborea)
Origin and Etymology of briar
short for briar pipe, from briar wood of the European heath, from French bruyère heath, from Middle French bruiere, from Vulgar Latin *brucaria, from Late Latin brucus heather, of Celt origin; akin to Old Irish froech heather; akin to Greek ereikē heather
First Known Use: 1882
BRIAR Defined for Kids
briar
brier
\ˈbrī-ər\Definition of briar for Students
: a plant (as the rose or blackberry) with a thorny or prickly stem
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