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briarwood

noun

Etymology

From briar + wood.

  1. derived from *h₁weydʰh₁-✻
  2. inherited from *widuz✻
  3. inherited from *widu✻
  4. inherited from wudu
  5. inherited from wode
  6. compounded as briarwood — “briar + wood”

Definitions

  1. Erica arborea, tree heath, an ericaceous flowering plant.

  2. The wood of the briar-root, commonly used to make tobacco pipes.

  3. A pipe made from briarwood.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. 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.

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