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brierwood

brierwood is the alternative form 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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Forms of brierwood

pluralbrierwoods

Questions about brierwood

What is brierwood the alternative form of?
Brierwood is the alternative form of briarwood.

Words near brierwood in the dictionary

  1. Brierley Hill
  2. Brierleys
  3. Brierly
  4. Brierlys
  5. briers
  6. brierwood
  7. briery
  8. bries
  9. brieve
  10. brieves
  11. brieze block

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