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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Briar \Bri"ar\, n. Same as {Brier}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Brier \Bri"er\, Briar \Bri"ar\, n. [OE. brere, brer, AS br[=e]r, br[ae]r; cf Ir briar prickle, thorn, brier, pin, Gael. preas bush, brier, W. prys, prysg.] 1. A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles; especially, species of {Rosa}, {Rubus}, and {Smilax}. 2. Fig.: Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings. The thorns and briers of reproof. --Cowper. {Brier root}, the root of the southern {Smilax laurifolia} and {S. Walteri}; -- used for tobacco pipes. {Cat brier}, {Green brier}, several species of Smilax ({S. rotundifolia}, etc.) {Sweet brier} ({Rosa rubiginosa}). See {Sweetbrier}. {Yellow brier}, the {Rosa Eglantina}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: briar n 1: Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips [syn: {sweetbrier}, {sweetbriar}, {brier}, {eglantine}, {Rosa eglanteria}] 2: 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 [syn: {bullbrier}, {greenbrier}, {catbrier}, {horsebrier}, {brier}, {Smilax rotundifolia}] 3: evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes [syn: {tree heath}, {brier}, {Erica arborea}] 4: a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath [syn: {briar pipe}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Briar, MO Zip code(s): 63931 Briar, TX (CDP, FIPS 10192) Location: 32.99214 N, 97.55464 W Population (1990): 3899 (1656 housing units) Area: 51.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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