Erica arborea

from 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}]

from 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]

from 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]

from 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]

from 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]

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