briarroot

English Thesaurus

1. hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	root,
definition	:	(botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground (noun.plant)

part meronym	:	briar, brier, erica arborea, tree heath,
definition	:	evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes (noun.plant)

substance holonym	:	briarwood, brier-wood, brierwood,
definition	:	wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea; used to make tobacco pipes (noun.plant)