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10 Language-to-English DictionariesDornstrauch
Pronunciation / Transliteration: Dornstrauch
"Der Weg war voller Dornsträucher."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Any prickly shrub, especially the brier, or a pipe made from the root of the white heath.
"His trousers were torn by the thick briar along the path."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Old English 'brǣr', meaning a prickly shrub or bramble, of Germanic origin.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "briar" is said worldwide
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bruyère
Transliteration: bruyère
"Il fume la pipe en bruyère."
Dornstrauch
Transliteration: Dornstrauch
"Der Weg war voller Dornsträucher."
rovo
Transliteration: rovo
"Il vestito si impigliò in un rovo."
brezo
Transliteration: brezo
"Las colinas estaban cubiertas de brezo."
urze
Transliteration: urze
"O cachimbo era feito de madeira de urze."
कटीली झाड़ी
Transliteration: katili jhari
"बकरी कटीली झाड़ी के पास घास चर रही थी।"
刺木
Transliteration: cì mù
"他的衣服被刺木勾破了。"
가시나무
Transliteration: gasinamu
"산책길 옆에 가시나무가 자라 있었습니다."
いばら
Transliteration: ibara
"衣服がいばらに引っかかった。"
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