(亦作brier)
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- any of a number of prickly scrambling shrubs, especially a wild rose多刺蔓生灌木（尤指野蔷薇）。
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- Genus Rosa, family Rosaceae: several species, including the Eurasian sweet briar (R. eglanteria)蔷薇属, 蔷薇科：数种, 包括欧亚野玫瑰（拉丁名R.eglanteria）。
派生词
briary
adjective词源
Old English brǣr, brēr, of unknown origin.
(亦作brier)
1
- （亦作briar pipe）a tobacco pipe made from woody nodules borne at ground level by a large woody plant of the heather family（欧石南根制的）烟斗。
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- the tree heath, which bears these nodules欧石南丛生的荒原。
词源
mid 19th cent.: from French bruyère 'heath， heather'， from medieval Latin brucus.