Brier

Brier

Briar (also spelt brier) is a common name for a number of unrelated thicket-forming thorny plants, including species in the genera Rosa (Rose), Rubus, and Smilax.

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    “Merrily swinging on brier and weed,
    Near to the nest of his litle dame,
    Over the mountainside or mead,
    Robert of Lincoln is telling his name:
    Bob-o’-link, bob-o’-link,”
    —William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)