brier : Idioms & Phrases

• noun tangled mass of prickly plants
  brier; brierpatch.
  

WordNet

• the root of the southern Smilax laurifolia and S. Walleri; used for tobacco pipes.

Webster 1913

• noun wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea; used to make tobacco pipes
  brierwood; briarwood.
  

WordNet

Bull" bri`er

Definitions

1. (Bot.) A species of Smilax (S. Pseudo-China) growing from New Jersey to the Gulf of Mexico, which has very large tuberous and farinaceous rootstocks, formerly used by the Indians for a sort of bread, and by the negroes as an ingredient in making beer; -- called also bamboo brier and China brier.

Webster 1913

• several species of Smilax (S. rotundifolia, etc.)

Webster 1913

Dog"-bri`er noun

Definitions

1. (Bot.) The dog-rose.

Webster 1913

• (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub (Emilaz rotundifolia) having a yellowish green stem and thick leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the United States; called also cat brier.

Webster 1913

• noun 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
  catbrier; horse brier; greenbrier; Smilax rotundifolia; briar; bullbrier; brier.
  

WordNet

• noun 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
  catbrier; horse brier; greenbrier; Smilax rotundifolia; briar; bullbrier; brier.
  

WordNet

• (Rosa rubiginosa). See Sweetbrier.

Webster 1913

• (Bot.), any uncultivated species of brier. See Brier.

Webster 1913

• the Rosa Eglantina.

Webster 1913