BRIER Synonyms
There are 11 hypernyms of the word brier. (close relations)
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briar | nounn | |||||||
noun • Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips • 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 • evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes • a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath | ||||||||
bramble | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines | ||||||||
bush | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946) • a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems • a large wilderness area • United States electrical engineer who designed an early analogue computer and who led the scientific program of the United States during World War II (1890-1974) • dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes • vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924) • hair growing in the pubic area adjective satellite • not of the highest quality or sophistication verb • provide with a bushing | ||||||||
hedge | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes • any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change • an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement verb • avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) • hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge • enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges • minimize loss or risk | ||||||||
prickly | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • very irritable • having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | ||||||||
spiny | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • having spines adjective satellite • having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | ||||||||
thorn | nounn | |||||||
noun • something that causes irritation and annoyance • a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf • a Germanic character of runic origin | ||||||||
brierpatch | nounn | |||||||
noun • tangled mass of prickly plants | ||||||||
bullbrier | nounn | |||||||
noun • 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 | ||||||||
catbrier | nounn | |||||||
noun • 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 | ||||||||
eglantine | nounn | |||||||
noun • Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips | ||||||||
greenbrier | nounn | |||||||
noun • 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 | ||||||||
horse-brier | nounn | |||||||
noun • 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 | ||||||||
sweetbriar | nounn | |||||||
noun • Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips | ||||||||
sweetbrier | nounn | |||||||
noun • Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips | ||||||||
brier patch | nounn | |||||||
noun • tangled mass of prickly plants | ||||||||
erica arborea | nounn | |||||||
noun • evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes | ||||||||
rosa eglanteria | nounn | |||||||
noun • Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips | ||||||||
smilax rotundifolia | nounn | |||||||
noun • 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 | ||||||||
tree heath | ||||||||
noun • gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long • evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes |