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dog-brier

dog-brier noun: a dog rose (Rosa canina).

Noun

dog-brier (plural dog-briers)

  1. A dog rose (Rosa canina).
    • The hazel-boughs took me too hard in the face, and the tall dog-briers got hold of me, and the ache of my back was like crimping a fish1869, R[ichard] D[oddridge] Blackmore, chapter X, in Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, […], →OCLC

Forms of dog-brier

pluraldog-briers
alternative formdog briar
alternative formdog brier

Questions about dog-brier

What does dog-brier mean?
Dog-brier means a dog rose (Rosa canina).
What part of speech is dog-brier?
Dog-brier is a noun.
What is the plural of dog-brier?
The plural of dog-brier is dog-briers.

Words near dog-brier in the dictionary

  1. dog-bee
  2. dog-bees
  3. dog-belt
  4. dog-belts
  5. dog-bread
  6. dog-brier
  7. dog-briers
  8. dog-catcher
  9. dog-catchers
  10. dog-cheap
  11. dog-cherries

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