BRIER-WOOD

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea; used to make tobacco pipes

Synonyms:

briarwood; brier-wood; brierwood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("brier-wood" is a kind of...):

wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Holonyms ("brier-wood" is a substance of...):

briarroot (hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea)

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