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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
briar
n 1: Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and
bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips [syn:
sweetbrier, sweetbriar, brier, briar, 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, horse brier, horse-brier,
brier, briar, 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, briar, brier,
Erica arborea]
4: a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath [syn:
briar, briar pipe]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Briar \Bri"ar\, n.
Same as Brier.
[1913 Webster]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Brier \Bri"er\, Briar \Bri"ar\ (br[imac]"[~e]r), 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. Fig.: Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.
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The thorns and briers of reproof. --Cowper.
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Brier root, the root of the southern Smilax laurifolia
and Smilax Walteri; -- used for tobacco pipes. See also
2nd brier.
Cat brier, Green brier, several species of Smilax
(Smilax rotundifolia, etc.)
Sweet brier (Rosa rubiginosa). See Sweetbrier.
Yellow brier, the Rosa Eglantina.
[1913 Webster]
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4. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) |
Briar, TX -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Texas
Population (2000): 5350
Housing Units (2000): 2105
Land area (2000): 20.572656 sq. miles (53.282933 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 20.572656 sq. miles (53.282933 sq. km)
FIPS code: 10192
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 32.973507 N, 97.540710 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Briar, TX
Briar
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Thesaurus Results for briar:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
adherent, adhesive, barnacle, bramble, brier, brier bush, bristle, bulldog, burr, bush, cactus, catchweed, cement, cleavers, decal, decalcomania, glue, goose grass, gunk, leech, limpet, molasses, mucilage, needle, nettle, paste, pine needle, plaster, prickle, quill, remora, scrub, shrub, shrubbery, spicule, spiculum, spike, spikelet, spine, sticker, syrup, thistle, thorn, yucca |
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