名詞 brier:

1. tangled mass of prickly plants
   同義詞：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
   同義詞：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
   同義詞：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
   同義詞：tree heath, briar, Erica arborea

1. Roses graft well on brier roots.
   玫瑰很適於接枝在石南根上。
2. There are brier bushes on the hill.
   山上有許多野薔薇叢。

brier 也作 bri.ar

n.（名詞）
Any of several prickly plants, such as certain rosebushes or the greenbrier.
荊棘：一種多刺的植物，如某種玫瑰叢或菝葜

來(lái)源：
Middle English brer
中古英語(yǔ) brer
from Old English brôr
源自 古英語(yǔ) brôr

【引伸】
bri.ery
adj.（形容詞）

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brier
brier 2

n.（名詞）
Variant of briar
briar的變體