(ש"ע) קוץ, חוח, עצבונית

n. thorny plant or bush, wild rose bush; branch from a thorny plant (also brier)

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Noun
1. tangled mass of prickly plants
(synonym) brierpatch, brier patch
(hypernym) vegetation, flora
2. a thorny stem or twig
(hypernym) branchlet, twig, sprig
3. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
(synonym) sweetbrier, sweetbriar, briar, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria
(hypernym) rose
4. a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries
(synonym) bullbrier, greenbrier, catbrier, horse brier, horse-brier, briar, Smilax rotundifolia
(hypernym) vine
(member-holonym) Smilax, genus Smilax
5. evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes
(synonym) tree heath, briar, Erica arborea
(hypernym) erica, true heath
(part-meronym) briarroot

(n.)
Alt. of Briar
  

This word occurs frequently, and is the translation of several different terms. (1.) Micah 7:4, it denotes a species of thorn shrub used for hedges. In Prov. 15:19 the word is rendered "thorn" (Heb. hedek, "stinging"), supposed by some to be what is called the "apple of Sodom" (q.v.). (2.) Ezek. 28:24, sallon', properly a "prickle," such as is found on the shoots of the palm tree. (3.) Isa. 55:13, probably simply a thorny bush. Some, following the Vulgate Version, regard it as the "nettle." (4.) Isa. 5:6; 7:23-25, etc., frequently used to denote thorny shrubs in general. In 10:17; 27:4, it means troublesome men. (5.) In Heb. 6:8 the Greek word (tribolos) so rendered means "three-pronged," and denotes the land caltrop, a low throny shrub resembling in its spikes the military "crow-foot." Comp. Matt. 7:16, "thistle."