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BRIER-WOOD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea; used to make tobacco pipes
Synonyms:
briarwood; brier-wood; brierwood
Classified under:
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)