The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BRIAR
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More clues leading to the result BRIAR
- Pipe from Rhode Island displayed in pub
- Pipe band’s top revolutionary resistance song
- Plant, one found near river, secured by stake
- Pipe band’s opening tune recalled by piper at the end
- Cut edge in rod for pipe
- Pipeline between Britain and Arabia
- Pipe or rail oddly found in pub
- Monk, female, gets overwhelmed by a follower with a wild rose
- Plant gets support to creep around a rod primarily
- One interrupting supporter right by small shrub
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The straight part
We know that "Pipe" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case pipe = briar.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does BRIAR mean?
BRIAR noun- Any of many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters, such as many in the Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax genera.
- Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.
- The white heath, Erica arborea, a thorny Mediterranean shrub.
- A pipe for smoking, made from the roots of that shrub.