wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea; used to make tobacco pipes
tangled mass of prickly plants
a thorny stem or twig
evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes
Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
English writer of novels about murders and thefts and forgeries (1814-1887)
