BRIERWOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brierwood mean? 

• BRIERWOOD (noun)
  The noun BRIERWOOD has 1 sense:

1. wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea; used to make tobacco pipes

  Familiarity information: BRIERWOOD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRIERWOOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea; used to make tobacco pipes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

briarwood; brier-wood; brierwood

Hypernyms ("brierwood" is a kind of...):

wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Holonyms ("brierwood" is a substance of...):

briarroot (hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea)