The hard, dense wood of brier plants, especially used for making tobacco pipes and decorative items.
From brier (prickly shrub) + wood (from Old English wudu meaning 'forest' or 'timber'). This refers specifically to the wood's usefulness.
Brierwood was so valued for pipes that entire Mediterranean regions specialized in harvesting and curing it—one tree could produce multiple premium pipes worth significant money.
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