briar
noun/ˈbraɪə(r)/
/ˈbraɪər/
(also brier)
- a wild bush with thorns, especially a wild rose bush
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- a bush with a hard root that is used for making tobacco pipes; a tobacco pipe made from this root
Word Originsense 1 Old English brǣr, brēr, of unknown origin.sense 2 mid 19th cent.: from French bruyère ‘heath, heather’, from medieval Latin brucus.
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