bri·er /ˈbraɪ(ə)r/
 薔薇屬植物


 Bri·er, Bri·ar  n.
 1. A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles; especially, species of Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax.
 2. Fig.: Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.
    The thorns and briers of reproof.   --Cowper.
 Brier root, the root of the southern Smilax laurifolia and Smilax Walteri; -- used for tobacco pipes. See also 2nd brier.
 Cat brier, Green brier, several species of Smilax (Smilax rotundifolia, etc.)
 Sweet brier (Rosa rubiginosa). See Sweetbrier.
 Yellow brier, the Rosa Eglantina.

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 brier
      n 1: tangled mass of prickly plants [syn: brierpatch, {brier
           patch]
      2: a thorny stem or twig
      3: Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and
         bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips [syn: sweetbrier,
          sweetbriar, briar, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria]
      4: 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 [syn: bullbrier,
          greenbrier, catbrier, horse brier, horse-brier, briar,
          Smilax rotundifolia]
      5: 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, {Erica
         arborea]


 Brier
    This word occurs frequently, and is the translation of several
    different terms. (1.) Micah 7:4, it denotes a species of thorn
    shrub used for hedges. In Prov. 15:19 the word is rendered
    "thorn" (Heb. _hedek_, "stinging"), supposed by some to be what
    is called the "apple of Sodom" (q.v.).

      (2.) Ezek. 28:24, _sallon'_, properly a "prickle," such as is
    found on the shoots of the palm tree.

      (3.) Isa. 55:13, probably simply a thorny bush. Some,
    following the Vulgate Version, regard it as the "nettle."

      (4.) Isa. 5:6; 7:23-25, etc., frequently used to denote thorny
    shrubs in general. In 10:17; 27:4, it means troublesome men.

      (5.) In Heb. 6:8 the Greek word (tribolos) so rendered means
    "three-pronged," and denotes the land caltrop, a low throny
    shrub resembling in its spikes the military "crow-foot." Comp.
    Matt. 7:16, "thistle."