backwoods vs briar

backwoods

noun
  • 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. 

adj
  • Rough, uncouth, coarse, or crude in social matters. 

  • Pertaining to the backwoods. 

briar

noun
  • 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. 

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