Meanings
plural briarroots
- alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of briar-root.
A wide briarroot wooden desk, papers scattered here and there, some projects to consider.
2013 June 4, Alessio Pennasilico, Lele Rozza, The Hackers' Destiny - Attack to the System, →ISBN2 more examples
Briarroot pipes are in present request. The root which supplies the material comes from the South of France.
1891, The American Stationer, page 762Here, on its airfield that had been scraped out of a briarroot patch parallel to the pristine, water-caressed shore, was where he was to remain until war's end.
2012 August 21, Patricia Chapman Meder, The True Story of Catch 22, Casemate Publishers, →ISBN, page 21
Origin
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briarroot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/briarroot
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