briarwood

English

Erica arborea

Alternative forms

• briar-wood
• brierwood

Etymology

briar +‎ wood

Noun

briarwood (countable and uncountable, plural briarwoods)

1. Erica arborea, tree heath, an ericaceous flowering plant.
2. The wood of the briar-root, commonly used to make tobacco pipes.
3. A pipe made from briarwood.
4. A small forest of briars.
   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 219:

     "Now throw your brier-twig over your shoulder," said the horse, "but throw it a good distance behind me!" The lad did so, and suddenly a big, close brier-wood grew up behind them.