wild brier
the dog rose, Rosa canina.
the sweetbrier, Rosa eglanteria.
any other brier growing wild.
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How to use wild brier in a sentence
Freckles turned to the trail, but he stopped at every wild brier to study the pink satin of the petals.
Freckles | Gene Stratton-PorterThere was a sort of rugged entrance at its base, over which the wild-brier and honeysuckle had formed a natural arch.
Bits of Blarney | R. Shelton MackenzieTangled masses of wild-brier and lichens surrounded its base, and pushed their way in through the open, dismantled doorway.
The Deserter, and Other Stories | Harold FredericThere was a wild-brier rose there that had been planted by Mrs. Marsden's grandmother.
That Old-Time Child, Roberta | Sophie Fox SeaThey were only wild-brier roses; the real roses, as she called them, grew but reluctantly in this Northern air.
Anne | Constance Fenimore Woolson
British Dictionary definitions for wild brier
another name for wild rose
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