BRIARROOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does briarroot mean? 

• BRIARROOT (noun)
  The noun BRIARROOT has 1 sense:

1. hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea

  Familiarity information: BRIARROOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRIARROOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("briarroot" is a kind of...):

root ((botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground)

Meronyms (substance of "briarroot"):

briarwood; brier-wood; brierwood (wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea; used to make tobacco pipes)

Holonyms ("briarroot" is a part of...):

briar; brier; Erica arborea; tree heath (evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes)