Briar
Briar noun - Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips.
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Nearby Word: brier
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- In a rare plant-related example, Bone's Briar and Rose.
Source: Names To Run Away From / Animal - This trope is also explored in Rose's poem "The Subtle Briar." Traumatic Haircut: Rose hates that her head is shaved when she enters Ravensbrück.
Source: Literature / Rose Under Fire - Phedre no Delunay of the Kushiel's Legacy series has a tattoo of a briar rose running the length of her back.
Source: Tattoo as Character Type
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