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"3": "bruyère" }, "expansion": "French bruyère", "name": "bor" } ], "etymology_text": "From French bruyère, assimilated with Etymology 1, above.", "forms": [ { "form": "briars", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "briar (plural briars)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "_dis": "29 24 40 8", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "28 8 47 17", "kind": "lifeform", "langcode": "en", "name": "Heather family plants", "orig": "en:Heather family plants", "parents": [ "Ericales order plants", "Plants", "Shrubs", "Trees", "Lifeforms", "All topics", "Life", "Fundamental", "Nature" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "glosses": [ "White heath (Erica arborea), a thorny Mediterranean shrub." ], "id": "en-briar-en-noun-yE2i0RN0", "links": [ [ "Erica 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