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brier

noun bri·er

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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

Other Seed Plant Terms

aubergine, box, bramble, briar, composite, perpetual, pulse, trefoil

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