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 th ...

s, including species in the genera ''Rosa'' (

Rose A rose is either a woody perennial plant, perennial flowering plant of the genus ''Rosa'' (), in the family Rosaceae (), or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred Rose species, species and Garden roses, tens of thousands of cultivar ...

), ''

Rubus ''Rubus'' is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, subfamily Rosoideae, most commonly known as brambles. Fruits of various species are known as raspberries, blackberries, dewberries, and bristleberries. ...

'', and ''

Smilax ''Smilax'' is a genus of about 300–350 species, found in the tropics and subtropics worldwide. They are climbing flowering plants, many of which are woody and/or thorny, in the monocotyledon family (biology), family Smilacaceae, native through ...

People and characters

* Brier (surname) * Briers, a surname * Briars (surname)

Fictional characters

Briar Moss ''Circle of Magic'' is a tetralogy of fantasy novels by Tamora Pierce, set in Emelan, a fictional realm in a pseudo-Middle Ages, medieval and renaissance era. It revolves around four young Magician (fantasy), mages, each specializing in a differe ...

, from Tamora Pierce's ''Circle of Magic'' and ''Circle Opens'' quartets *

Briar Cudgeon This is a list of characters in the ''Artemis Fowl'' novel series by Eoin Colfer. Overview * A dark grey cell indicates that the character was not in the property or that the character's presence in the property has yet to be announced. * ...

, in ''Artemis Fowl'' * Briar, the evil sister of Rose in

Bone (comics) ''Bone'' is an American fantasy comic book Limited series (comics), limited series written and illustrated by Jeff Smith (cartoonist), Jeff Smith, originally serialized in 55 irregularly released issues from 1991 to 2004. The series is primaril ...

* Briar, in the cartoon series

Boonie Bears ''Boonie Bears'' ( zh, first=s, s=熊出没, t=熊出沒, p=xióng chūmò, "Roaming Bears" ; Bear Hunting) is a Chinese animated television series shown on multiple Chinese platforms and television stations, including Central China Television (CC ...

* Briar, a playable character in the video game

League of Legends ''League of Legends'' (''LoL'', commonly referred to as ''League'', is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Inspired by ''Defense of the Ancients'', a Mod (video games), custom map for ''Warcraf ...

* Briar, a character in the video game Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's downloadable content expansion pack The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero

Places

* Briar, Missouri, U.S. *

Briar, Texas Briar is a census-designated place (CDP) in Parker, Tarrant and Wise counties in the U.S. state of Texas, near the west side of Eagle Mountain Lake.The population was 7,035 in 2020. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau ...

, U.S. * Briars Historic Park,

Mount Martha, Victoria Mount Martha is a suburb on the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Mornington Peninsula local government area. Mount Martha recorded a pop ...

, Australia * The Briars (Georgina), Ontario, Canada, a lakeside resort *

Brier, Washington Brier is a city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. It is bordered by Mountlake Terrace to the west, Lynnwood to the north, Bothell to the east, and Lake Forest Park to the south. The population was 6,560 at the 2020 census. ...

, U.S. * Briers, Mississippi, U.S., a ghost town * Brier Island, Nova Scotia, Canada *

Briar Creek (disambiguation) Briar Creek or Brier Creek may refer to: Streams *Brier Creek (Savannah River tributary), in Georgia, U.S. *Brier Creek (Susquehanna River tributary), in Otsego County, New York, U.S. *Briar Creek (Susquehanna River tributary), in Pennsylvania, U.S ...

, or Brier Creek * Briar Hill (disambiguation) * Brier Hill (disambiguation)

Facilities and structures

* Briars, Saint Helena, a small pavilion in which Napoleon Bonaparte stayed *

The Briars (Natchez, Mississippi) The Briars is a historic house in Natchez, Mississippi, USA. It was built in 1818 for a large planter. Varina Davis, the First Lady of the Confederate States of America, spent her adolescence in the house. It is listed on the National Register o ...

, U.S., a historic house * The Briars, Wahroonga, Sydney, Australia, a historic house

Other uses

* Briar root, wood from ''

Erica arborea ''Erica arborea'', the tree heath or tree heather, is a species of flowering plant (angiosperms) in the heather family Ericaceae, native to the Mediterranean Basin and Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania in East Africa. It is also cultivated as an o ...

'', used for making smoking pipes ** Briar, a type of

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The Brier The Brier ('), known since 2024 as the Montana's Brier for sponsorship reasons, is the annual Canadian men's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada. The Brier has been held since 1927, traditionally during the month of March. The w ...

, a bonspiel, the Canadian men's curling championship; variously called over the years the "MacDonald Tobacco Brier", "Labatt Brier", "Nokia Brier", "Tim Horton's Brier", "Montana's Bar and Grill Brier" *

Briar (software) Briar is an open-source software communication technology, intended to provide secure and resilient peer-to-peer communications with no centralized servers and minimal reliance on external infrastructure. Messages can be transmitted through Blueto ...

, an open-source software communication technology

People and characters

Fictional characters

Places

Facilities and structures

Other uses

See also