brier

名词 brier:

1. tangled mass of prickly plants
   同义词：brierpatch, brier patch
2. a thorny stem or twig
3. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
   同义词：sweetbrier, sweetbriar, briar, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria
4. 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
   同义词：bullbrier, greenbrier, catbrier, horse brier, horse-brier, briar, Smilax rotundifolia
5. evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes
   同义词：tree heath, briar, Erica arborea

1. Roses graft well on brier roots.
   玫瑰很适於接枝在石南根上。
2. There are brier bushes on the hill.
   山上有许多野蔷薇丛。

brier 也作 bri.ar

n.（名词）
Any of several prickly plants, such as certain rosebushes or the greenbrier.
荆棘：一种多刺的植物，如某种玫瑰丛或菝葜

来源：
Middle English brer
中古英语 brer
from Old English brôr
源自 古英语 brôr

【引伸】
bri.ery
adj.（形容词）

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brier
brier 2

n.（名词）
Variant of briar
briar的变体