BRIERS - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Noun

evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Noun

a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Noun

Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Noun

tangled mass of prickly plants

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Noun

a thorny stem or twig

Synonyms

Brierpatch, Catbrier, Smilax rotundifolia, Erica arborea, Sweetbriar