briarwood

plural briarwoods · alternative briar-wood · alternative brierwood

1. countableuncountableErica arborea, tree heath, an ericaceous flowering plant.
2. countableuncountableThe wood of the briar-root, commonly used to make tobacco pipes.
3. countableuncountableA pipe made from briarwood.
4. countableuncountableA small forest of briars.

   "Now throw your brier-twig over your shoulder," said the horse, "but throw it a good distance behind me!" The lad did so, and suddenly a big, close brier-wood grew up behind them.

   1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 219

1. A place in the United States:
   1. A neighbourhood of Little Rock, Arkansas.
   2. A minor city in Jefferson County, Kansas.
   3. A neighbourhood of Ewing Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.
   4. A neighbourhood of Queens, New York City, New York.
   5. A minor city in Cass County, North Dakota.
2. A neighbourhood of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.