[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

briar \bri"ar\, n.
   same as brier.
   1913 webster
see also:
brier 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

brier \bri"er\, briar \bri"ar\ brimac"~er, n. oe. brere,
   brer, as. br=er, braer; 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 of rosa, rubus, and smilax.
      1913 webster

   2. fig.: anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.
      1913 webster

            the thorns and briers of reproof.     --cowper.
      1913 webster

   brier root, the root of the southern smilax laurifolia
      and smilax walteri; -- used for tobacco pipes. see also
      2nd brier.

   cat brier, green brier, several species of smilax
      smilax rotundifolia, etc.

   sweet brier rosa rubiginosa. see sweetbrier.

   yellow brier, the rosa eglantina.
      1913 webster
see also:
rosa rubus smilax brier root smilax laurifolia smilax walteri 
brier cat brier green brier smilax rotundifolia sweet brier 
rosa rubiginosa sweetbrier yellow brier rosa eglantina 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

briar
     n 1: eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and
          bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips syn: sweetbrier,
           sweetbriar, brier, eglantine, rosa eglanteria
     2: 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 syn: bullbrier,
         greenbrier, catbrier, horse brier, horse-brier, brier,
         smilax rotundifolia
     3: evergreen treelike mediterranean shrub having fragrant white
        flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots
        used to make tobacco pipes syn: tree heath, brier, erica
        arborea
     4: a pipe made from the root briarroot of the tree heath
        syn: briar pipe
see also:
sweetbrier sweetbriar brier eglantine rosa eglanteria bullbrier 
greenbrier catbrier horse brier horse-brier smilax rotundifolia 
tree heath erica arborea briar pipe 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

44 moby thesaurus words for "briar":
   adherent, adhesive, barnacle, bramble, brier, brier bush, bristle,
   bulldog, burr, bush, cactus, catchweed, cement, cleavers, decal,
   decalcomania, glue, goose grass, gunk, leech, limpet, molasses,
   mucilage, needle, nettle, paste, pine needle, plaster, prickle,
   quill, remora, scrub, shrub, shrubbery, spicule, spiculum, spike,
   spikelet, spine, sticker, syrup, thistle, thorn, yucca

[5] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

briar, mo
  zip codes: 63931
briar, tx cdp, fips 10192
  location: 32.99214 n, 97.55464 w
  population 1990: 3899 1656 housing units
  area: 51.0 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

briar, tx -- u.s. census designated place in texas
   population 2000:    5350
   housing units 2000: 2105
   land area 2000:     20.572656 sq. miles 53.282933 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    20.572656 sq. miles 53.282933 sq. km
   fips code:            10192
   located within:       texas tx, fips 48
   location:             32.973507 n, 97.540710 w
   zip codes 1990:    
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    briar, tx
    briar

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