What is another word for brierwood?

Pronunciation: [bɹˈa͡ɪ͡əwʊd] (IPA)

Brierwood is a type of woody plant that is characterized by its thorny branches and prickly leaves. It is commonly found in forests and wooded areas, and has long been used for a variety of purposes, from making baskets and fences to providing food for wildlife. Synonyms for brierwood include thicket, hedge, bush, bramble, and underbrush. These terms all refer to dense growths of woody plants that can be difficult to navigate and may contain a variety of species. Brierwood can provide important habitat for birds, mammals, and other wildlife, and can play a key role in maintaining healthy ecosystems.

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What are the hypernyms for Brierwood?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Brierwood

This individual wore a check suit of the latest London cut, big broad-soled Piccadilly shoes, and smoked a brierwood pipe which he constantly filled from a rubber pouch carried in his waistcoat pocket.
"The Other Fellow"
F. Hopkinson Smith
Picking up his brierwood, lying on a pile of books on his desk, and within reach of his hand, he started to fill the bowl, when a scrap of paper covered with a scrawl written in pencil came into view.
"The Tides of Barnegat"
F. Hopkinson Smith
John drove over to meet the Honourable Cornelius, who was in a terrible state of anxiety and left him no peace on the way asking him again and again to repeat the answers to the questions which had been proposed, reckoning up the ones he had answered wrong and the ones he thought he might have answered right, and coming each time to a different conclusion, finally lighting a huge brierwood pipe and swearing "that it was a beastly shame to subject human beings to such awful torture."
"A Tale of a Lonely Parish"
F. Marion Crawford

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