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briarwood

briarwood noun: erica arborea, tree heath, an ericaceous flowering plant.

briarwood: erica arborea, tree heath, an ericaceous flowering plant
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Noun

briarwood (countable and uncountable, plural briarwoods)

  1. Erica arborea, tree heath, an ericaceous flowering plant.
  2. The wood of the briar-root, commonly used to make tobacco pipes.
  3. A pipe made from briarwood.
  4. A small forest of briars.
    • "Now throw your brier-twig over your shoulder," said the horse, "but throw it a good distance behind me!" The lad did so, and suddenly a big, close brier-wood grew up behind them.1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 219

Proper noun capitalized: Briarwood

Briarwood

  1. A neighbourhood of Little Rock, Arkansas.
  2. A minor city in Jefferson County, Kansas.
  3. A neighbourhood of Ewing Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.
  4. A neighbourhood of Queens, New York City, New York.
  5. A minor city in Cass County, North Dakota.
  6. A neighbourhood of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Forms of briarwood

pluralbriarwoods
alternative formbriar-wood
alternative formbrierwood

Origin of briarwood

From briar + wood.

Questions about briarwood

What does briarwood mean?
Briarwood means erica arborea, tree heath, an ericaceous flowering plant.
What part of speech is briarwood?
Briarwood can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of briarwood?
The plural of briarwood is briarwoods.

Words near briarwood in the dictionary

  1. Briareus
  2. briarroot
  3. briarroots
  4. briars
  5. briartite
  6. briarwood
  7. briarwoods
  8. briary
  9. Brias
  10. Briatore
  11. bribable

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