Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Mediterranean shrub or small tree (Erica arborea) in the heath family, whose woody roots are used to make tobacco pipes.
- noun A pipe made from the root of this plant or from a similar wood.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French bruyère, heath, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *brūcāria, from Late Latin brūcus, heather, of Celtic origin; see wer- in Indo-European roots.]
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