horsebrier

horsebrier
horsebrier horsebrier n. a very prickly woody vine ({Smilax rotundifolia}) of eastern U. S. growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries.

Syn: bullbrier, greenbrier, catbrier, brier, briar, {Smilax rotundifolia}. [WordNet 1.5]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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