[1] : 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 

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

brier \bri"er\, n.
   1. the white heath erica arborea. --rhud.
      pjc

   2. a smoking pipe made of the root of the brier1.

   note: brierroot seems to have been used formerly as a term
         meaning root of the smilax laurifolia and is now
         defined as root of the erica arborea. not clear when
         this changed. -- pjc.
         pjc
see also:
erica arborea smilax laurifolia 

Smilax >> S Words
Smilax, definition of term: Smilax
smilax_pag1.html

Smilax laurifolia, laurel brier
...Smilax laurifolia L.. *Family: Smilacaceae (greenbriers) *Common name ... Smilax is an ancient Greek name for an evergreen oak; laurifolia ... ..
http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/shrub/smla.htm, score=100, date indexed=December 5, 2005, 11:51 am

Liber Herbarum II: Smilax laurifolia
...Smilax hispida. Smilax laurifolia L.. (Smilacaceae). 38. Smilax ... Smilax laurifolia L.. Laurel greenbrier. Babérlevelu szárcsalián / ... ..
http://www.liberherbarum.com/pn4546.HTM, score=87, date indexed=November 25, 2005, 8:04 am

PlantFiles: Images of Catbriar, Bamboo Vine (Smilax laurifolia)
...Catbriar, Bamboo Vine. Smilax laurifolia. We have images of this plant. ... Dec 10, 10:09 PM. Images of Catbriar, Bamboo Vine (Smilax laurifolia) ... ..
http://www.plantsdatabase.com/showimage/3453.html, score=81, date indexed=December 10, 2005, 8:18 pm

PlantFiles: Images of Catbriar, Bamboo Vine (Smilax laurifolia)
...Catbriar, Bamboo Vine. Smilax laurifolia. We have images of this plant. ... ..
http://www.plantsdatabase.com/showimage/3437.html, score=81, date indexed=December 6, 2005, 1:01 am

DFT Vascular Plant Image Library (Smilacaceae)
...Smilax laurifolia - Leaves in the bush - Flynn Bog (Leon County) - ... Smilax smallii image page from BIO 406D (University of Texas) Smilax ... ..
http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/imaxxsml.htm, score=27, date indexed=November 4, 2005, 9:54 pm

Quercus laurifolia Michx
...... Smilax walteri), laurelleaf greenbrier (S. laurifolia), and Alabama ... The following hybrids with Quercus laurifolia as one parent have been ... ..
http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/silvics_manual/volume_2/quercus/laurifolia.htm, score=24, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 6:27 am

ITIS Standard Report Page: Smilax
...Smilax laurifolia L. -- laurel greenbrier.  .  . ... Smilax lasioneura Hook. -- Blue Ridge carrion-flower, Blue Ridge ... ..
http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=43340, score=17, date indexed=January 27, 2006, 1:32 am

List of Smilax species
...Smilax latipes Gleason * Smilax laurifolia L. * Smilax lemsleyana ... Smilax reticulata Elmer * Smilax rigida Wall. or Kunth * Smilax robert- ... ..
http://www.freeglossary.com/List_of_Smilax_species, score=16, date indexed=December 4, 2005, 6:36 pm

Texas Native Plants Database
...... Bay-leaf Smilax. Smilax laurifolia Smilacaceae. Bamboo smilax grows in ... In October bamboo smilax forms grape-like clusters of persistent black ... ..
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/ornamentals/nativeshrubs/smilaxlaurif.htm, score=16, date indexed=December 19, 2005, 10:40 am

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