brier
noun
bri·er
less common spelling of briar
1
: a plant (such as a rose, blackberry, or greenbrier) having a usually woody and thorny or prickly stem
a thicket of briars
… head up an almost invisible trail along the left bank, through young pines and briars.—
Robert F. Jones
see also briar patch
Robert F. Jones2
a
: a mass of briars
… threading his way with perfect skill between tree-trunks, jumping over bush and briar and the smaller streams …—C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis… volunteers methodically searching through the briar and trees …—Roy Bragg
Roy Bragg
b
: a branch or twig of a briar
With my pair of brush cutters that I always carried I cut away enough of the long briars to provide an opening for me to sit comfortably in.—Jean Solbert
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“Brier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brier. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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