How many syllables in briar?

There are 2 syllables in the word briar.

How to pronounce briar:

briar (noun):: see also briar patch; a plant (such as a rose, blackberry, or greenbrier) having a usually woody and thorny or prickly stem; Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips.

briar pipe

brier

bullbrier

catbrier

eglantine

erica arborea

greenbrier

horse brier

horse-brier

rosa eglanteria

rose

smilax rotundifolia

sweetbriar

sweetbrier

tree heath

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