slovo | definícia |
Erica arborea (gcide) | briarroot \briarroot\ n.
the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea. [Also
spelled brierroot.]
[WordNet 1.5] |
Erica arborea (gcide) | briarwood \briarwood\ n.
wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea;
used to make tobacco pipes.
Syn: brierwood.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Erica arborea (gcide) | Brier \Bri"er\, n.
1. the white heath Erica arborea. --RHUD.
[PJC]
2. a smoking pipe made of the root of the brier[1].
Note: Brierroot seems to have been used formerly as a term
meaning root of the Smilax laurifolia and is now
defined as root of the Erica arborea. Not clear when
this changed. -- PJC.
[PJC] |
Erica arborea (gcide) | brierwood \bri"er*wood`\ n.
1. wood from the hard woody root of the briar {Erica
arborea}; it is used to make tobacco pipes. See also 2nd
brier and brier root.
Syn: briarwood.
[WordNet 1.5] |
erica arborea (wn) | Erica arborea
n 1: evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant
white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody
roots used to make tobacco pipes [syn: tree heath,
briar, brier, Erica arborea] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
erica arborea (wn) | Erica arborea
n 1: evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant
white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody
roots used to make tobacco pipes [syn: tree heath,
briar, brier, Erica arborea] |
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