horse-brier

2 definitions found

horse-brier - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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
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          [WordNet 1.5]

horse-brier - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  horse-brier
      n 1: 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 [syn:
           bullbrier, greenbrier, catbrier, horse brier,
           horse-brier, brier, briar, Smilax rotundifolia]