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briarwood en · NOUN

Etymology

From briar + wood.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Erica arborea, tree heath, an ericaceous flowering plant.
2. (countable, uncountable) The wood of the briar-root, commonly used to make tobacco pipes.
3. (countable, uncountable) A pipe made from briarwood.
4. (countable, uncountable) A small forest of briars.
   • "Now throw your brier-twig over your shoulder," said the horse, "but throw it a good distance behind me!" The lad did so, and suddenly a big, close brier-wood grew up behind them. 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 219:

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