Brier 1336985 218801771 2008-06-12T06:35:00Z WinTakeAll 3542054 '''Briar''' or '''brier''' is a common name for a number of unrelated thicket-forming [[Spine (botany)|thorny]] [[plant]]s, including species in the [[genus|genera]] ''[[rose|Rosa]]'', ''[[Rubus]]'' and ''[[Smilax]]''. '''Briar''' or '''Brier''' may also refer to: ;Sports * [[Tim Hortons Brier]] (or simply "The Brier"), the Canadian men's [[curling]] championship ;Place names * [[Briar, Missouri]], in [[Ripley County, Missouri|Ripley County]] * [[Brier, Washington]], in [[Snohomish County, Washington|Snohomish County]] ;Surnames * [[Kathy Brier]], an American actor and singer * [[Markus Brier]], (born 1968) an Austrian golfer * [[Richard Briers]], a British actor ;In fiction *[[Briar Moss]], from the ''Circle of Magic'' and ''Circle Opens'' quartets by [[Tamora Pierce]] *[[The Briar King]], a novel by [[Greg Keyes]] * [[Blackbriar|Black briar]], a fictional top secret CIA program from the book and movie [[The Bourne Ultimatum]] *Huckleberry Briar, a district in Strawberryland from the ''[[Strawberry Shortcake]]'' series, where [[List of Strawberry Shortcake characters#Huckleberry Pie|Huckleberry Pie]] resides ;Ethnic Slur *[[List of ethnic slurs|Briar]], term used in the U.S. [[Midwest]], especially [[Ohio]], for Appalachian migrants from [[Kentucky]] and [[West Virginia]]. These migrants, seeking work in Midwestern industries, were generally considered unwelcome, therefore the analogy to a thorny weed. ;Mathematics [[Brier score]], a probability-related measure ;See also *[[Briar wood]] is wood from the root of Erica arborea, used for making [[smoking pipe]]s. *[[Briar Patch]], a disambiguation page {{disambig}} [[de:Brier]] [[vo:Briar]]