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Brier

Alt. of Briar

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Botany 76% connected

The science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification, and the terms which…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Branchlet 76% connected

A little branch; a twig.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Erica 76% connected

A genus of shrubby plants, including the heaths, many of them producing beautiful flowers.

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Flora 76% connected

The goddess of flowers and spring.

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Rose 76% connected

of Rise

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Rosebush 76% connected

The bush or shrub which bears roses.

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Sprig 76% connected

A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray; as, a sprig of laurel or of parsley.

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Twig 76% connected

To twitch; to pull; to tweak.

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Vegetation 76% connected

The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.

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Vine 76% connected

Any woody climbing plant which bears grapes.

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Synonym 4

Briar 92% connected

Same as Brier.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Bullbrier 92% connected

a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greeni…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Eglantine 92% connected

A species of rose (Rosa Eglanteria), with fragrant foliage and flowers of various colors.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sweetbrier 92% connected

A kind of rose (Rosa rubiginosa) with minutely glandular and fragrant foliage. The small-flowered sweetbrier is Rosa micrantha.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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