Brier-bush

  • 1The Bonnie Brier Bush — Infobox Film name = The Bonnie Brier Bush image size = caption = director = Donald Crisp producer = writer = James MacArthur Ian Maclaren Augustus E. Thomas Margaret Turnbull narrator = starring = Donald Crisp music = cinematography = Claude L.… …

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  • 2bush — Synonyms and related words: Arabia Deserta, Death Valley, Sahara, afforestation, arboretum, back country, backcountry, backwash, backwater, backwoods, barren, barren land, barrens, boondock, boondocks, borderland, bramble, brier, brier bush,… …

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  • 3brier — Synonyms and related words: adherent, adhesive, barnacle, bramble, brier bush, bristle, bulldog, burr, bush, cactus, catchweed, cement, cleavers, decal, decalcomania, glue, goose grass, gunk, leech, limpet, molasses, mucilage, needle, nettle,… …

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  • 4Brier — Bri er, Briar Bri ar (br[imac] [ e]r), n. [OE. brere, brer, AS. br[=e]r, br[ae]r; cf. Ir. briar prickle, thorn, brier, pin, Gael. preas bush, brier, W. prys, prysg.] 1. A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles; especially, species …

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  • 5Brier root — Brier Bri er, Briar Bri ar (br[imac] [ e]r), n. [OE. brere, brer, AS. br[=e]r, br[ae]r; cf. Ir. briar prickle, thorn, brier, pin, Gael. preas bush, brier, W. prys, prysg.] 1. A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles; especially,… …

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  • 6brier — brier1 [brī′ər] n. [ME brere (with vowel change as in FRIAR < ME frere) < OE brer, brær] 1. any prickly or thorny bush, as a bramble or wild rose 2. a growth of such bushes 3. a twig of a brier briery adj. brier2 [brī′ər] …

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  • 7brier — {{11}}brier (1) thorny shrub, heath, 1540s, variant of M.E. brere, from O.E. brer (Anglian), brær (W.Saxon) brier, bramble, prickly bush, of unknown origin. Briar is the most recent variant (c.1600). Originally used of prickly, thorny bushes in… …

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  • 8brier — bri·er || braɪə n. thorny plant or bush, wild rose bush; branch from a thorny plant (also brier) …

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  • 9brier — 1. n. (also briar) any prickly bush esp. of a wild rose. Phrases and idioms: brier rose dog rose. sweet brier a wild rose, Rosa eglanteria, with small fragrant leaves and flowers. Derivatives: briery adj. Etymology: OE braeligr, brer, of unkn.… …

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  • 10bush — noun 1) a rose bush Syn: shrub, brier; (bushes) undergrowth, shrubbery 2) out in the bush Syn: wilds, wilderness, forest, woodland, timberland, bush country, bushland …

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