wild brier

American  

noun

1. the dog rose, Rosa canina.

2. the sweetbrier, Rosa eglanteria.

3. any other brier growing wild.

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wild brier British  

noun

1. another name for wild rose

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wild brier

Freckles turned to the trail, but he stopped at every wild brier to study the pink satin of the petals.

From Freckles by Stratton-Porter, Gene

The stream rushed on, the trees were the same, and in the hollow of the grotto the wild brier grew in its accustomed place, and the clinging moss and the ivy trails were unchanged.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 by Various

I walked by his garden and saw the wild brier, The thorn and the thistle grow broader and higher.

From Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 1 by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

Ere long they were all curled up under the thorny branches of a wild brier.

From The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories by Patten, William

Dog-rose, the Rosa canīna, or wild brier, nat. ord.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various