briar

bri-ar

noun

A thorny bush, especially a wild rose, or a dense tangle of such plants.

"The path was overgrown with briars."

noun

The hard woody root of a heath, used for crafting tobacco pipes.

"He smoked from his old briar pipe."

Thesaurus

Synonyms: catbrier, Smilax rotundifolia, brier, bullbrier, horse brier, greenbrier, horse-brier, Erica arborea, tree heath, briar pipe, sweetbrier, eglantine