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briarwoods

briarwoods is the plural of briarwood.

Meaning of briarwood

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

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Questions about briarwoods

What is briarwoods the plural of?
Briarwoods is the plural of briarwood.

Words near briarwoods in the dictionary

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

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