Search Result for "erica arborea":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes;
[syn: tree heath, briar, brier, Erica arborea]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

briarroot \briarroot\ n. the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea. [Also spelled brierroot.] [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

briarwood \briarwood\ n. wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea; used to make tobacco pipes. Syn: brierwood. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Brier \Bri"er\, n. 1. the white heath Erica arborea. --RHUD. [PJC] 2. a smoking pipe made of the root of the brier[1]. Note: Brierroot seems to have been used formerly as a term meaning root of the Smilax laurifolia and is now defined as root of the Erica arborea. Not clear when this changed. -- PJC. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

brierwood \bri"er*wood`\ n. 1. wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea; it is used to make tobacco pipes. See also 2nd brier and brier root. Syn: briarwood. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Erica arborea n 1: evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes [syn: tree heath, briar, brier, Erica arborea]