Briar, Briars, Brier, or Briers may refer to:
* Briar, or brier, common name for a number of unrelated thorny plants that form
thicket
A thicket is a very dense stand of trees or tall shrubs, often dominated by only one or a few species, to the exclusion of all others. They may be formed by species that shed large numbers of highly viable seeds that are able to germinate in the ...
s, including species in the genera ''Rosa'' (
Rose
A rose is either a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus ''Rosa'' (), in the family Rosaceae (), or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and tens of thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be ...
), ''
Rubus
''Rubus'' is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, subfamily Rosoideae, with over 1,350 species.
Raspberries, blackberries, and dewberries are common, widely distributed members of the genus. Most of these ...
'', and ''
Smilax
''Smilax'' is a genus of about 300–350 species, found in the tropics and subtropics worldwide. In China for example about 80 are found (39 of which are endemic), while there are 20 in North America north of Mexico. They are climbing flowering ...
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People and characters
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Brier (surname) Brier is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Bob Brier (born 1943), American Egyptologist
* Hannah Brier (born 1998), British sprinter
* Joe Brier (born 1999), British sprinter and brother of Hannah
* Kathy Brier (born 1975), Amer ...
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Briers
Briers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Lee Briers (born 1978), Welsh rugby league player
*Lucy Briers (born 1967), English actress
*Mark Briers (born 1968), former English cricketer
*Nigel Briers (born 1955), former English ...
, a surname
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Briars (surname)
Briars is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Diane Briars (born 1951), American mathematics educator
*Gawain Briars (born 1958), British squash player and lawyer
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