Partly or wholly uncleared forest, especially in North America.
A remote or sparsely inhabited region, especially in North America; away from big towns and from the influence of modern life.
Rough, uncouth, coarse, or crude in social matters.
Pertaining to the backwoods.
A pipe for smoking, made from the roots of that shrub.
The white heath (Erica arborea), a thorny Mediterranean shrub.
Any of many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters, such as many in the Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax genera.
Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.