Dictionary Entry
briar
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/BRY-ur/Word FrequencyNot availableCurriculum FrequencyEmerging (0)a prickly shrub or thorny vine, especially a wild rose bush
In a Sentence
“While hiking, she got scratched by a briar growing near the trail.”
Origin
Old English brǣr, of Germanic origin
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