'Erica arborea' definitions:

Definition of 'Erica arborea'

(from WordNet)
noun
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]

Definition of 'Erica arborea'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Erica arborea'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Erica arborea'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Erica arborea'

From: GCIDE
  • briarroot \briarroot\ n. the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea. [Also spelled brierroot.] [WordNet 1.5]

Definition of 'Erica arborea'

From: GCIDE
  • briarwood \briarwood\ n. wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea; used to make tobacco pipes.
  • Syn: brierwood. [WordNet 1.5]