briar
noun /ˈbraɪə(r)/
/ˈbraɪər/
(also brier)
- a wild bush with thorns, especially a wild rose bush
多刺野灌木;(尤指)野蔷薇丛 - a bush with a hard root that is used for making tobacco pipes; a tobacco pipe made from this root
欧石楠(其坚硬根部可制烟斗);(用欧石楠根制的)烟斗
词源sense 1 Old English brǣr, brēr, of unknown origin.sense 2 mid 19th cent.: from French bruyère ‘heath, heather’, from medieval Latin brucus.