briarroot

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

briar +‎ root

Noun[edit]

briarroot (plural briarroots)

  1. Alternative form of briar-root
    • 1891, The American Stationer, page 762:
      Briarroot pipes are in present request. The root which supplies the material comes from the South of France.
    • 2012 August 21, Patricia Chapman Meder, The True Story of Catch 22, Casemate Publishers, →ISBN, page 21:
      Here, on its airfield that had been scraped out of a briarroot patch parallel to the pristine, water-caressed shore, was where he was to remain until war's end.
    • 2013 June 4, Alessio Pennasilico, Lele Rozza, The Hackers' Destiny - Attack to the System, →ISBN:
      A wide briarroot wooden desk, papers scattered here and there, some projects to consider.