Briar Rose

Briar Rose

Briar Rose may refer to:

* A version of "Sleeping Beauty" written by the Brothers Grimm, and the name of the princess in it.
* A pseudonym used by Princess Aurora in Walt Disney's "Sleeping Beauty".
* "Briar Rose" (novel), a novel by Jane Yolen.
* "Briar Rose" (novella), a novella by Robert Coover.
* "Rosa rubiginosa", also known as sweet briar, a flowering plant.
* "The Legend of Briar Rose", a series of paintings by the Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones.
* Briar Rose (band), a traditional heavy metal band from Swansea, Massachusetts USA
* "Briar Rose", a non-player character from the RPG , developed by Big Blue Box


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  • Briar Rose (band) — Infobox Musical artist Name = Briar Rose Img capt = Briar Rose return at M4M5, 2007 Img size = Landscape = Yes Background = group or band Alias = B.R. Origin = Swansea, Massachusetts US Genre = Traditional heavy metal Years active = 1988–present… …   Wikipedia

  • Briar Rose (novel) — infobox Book | name = Briar Rose title orig = translator = image caption = Top: Hardcover Bottom: Paperback author = Jane Yolen cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = publisher = Tor Books (hardcover), Tor Teen …   Wikipedia

  • The Legend of Briar Rose — is the title of a series of paintings by the Pre Raphaelite artist Edward Burne Jones which were completed between 1885 and 1890. The four original paintings The Briar Wood , The Council Chamber , The Garden Court and The Rose Bower and an… …   Wikipedia

  • Rose (comics) — Rose is a prequel to the Eisner winning comic book Bone . It was written by Bone creator Jeff Smith and fully painted by Charles Vess, who earned an Eisner nomination for his work on the series. The story was originally published as a three issue …   Wikipedia

  • briar — (also brier) ► NOUN ▪ a prickly scrambling shrub, especially a wild rose. ORIGIN Old English …   English terms dictionary

  • briar — There are two distinct words briar in English, both of which can also be spelled brier, and as their meanings are fairly similar, they are often confused. The older [OE] is a name given to the wild rose, although in fact this usage is as recent… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • briar — There are two distinct words briar in English, both of which can also be spelled brier, and as their meanings are fairly similar, they are often confused. The older [OE] is a name given to the wild rose, although in fact this usage is as recent… …   Word origins

  • briar — I. noun also brier Etymology: Middle English brere, from Old English brēr Date: 15th century a plant (as a rose, blackberry, or greenbrier) having a usually woody and thorny or prickly stem; also a mass or twig of these • briary adjective II.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • briar — briar1 (also brier) noun a prickly scrambling shrub, especially a wild rose. [Rosa eglanteria (sweet briar) and other species.] Derivatives briary adjective Origin OE brr, brēr, of unknown origin. briar2 (also brier) noun 1》 (also …   English new terms dictionary

  • briar — [[t]bra͟ɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] briars N COUNT A briar is a wild rose with long, prickly stems …   English dictionary

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