brier
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1. evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | erica, true heath, |
| definition | : | any plant of the genus Erica (noun.plant) |
| part holonym | : | briarroot, |
| definition | : | hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea (noun.plant) |
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 (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | vine, |
| definition | : | a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus smilax, smilax, |
| definition | : | sometimes placed in Smilacaceae (noun.plant) |
3. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips (noun.plant)
4. tangled mass of prickly plants (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | botany, flora, vegetation, |
| definition | : | all the plant life in a particular region or period (noun.group) |
5. a thorny stem or twig (noun.plant)
6. 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 (noun.plant)
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