briary (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *briary*:
ADJECTIVE	all	briary, barbed, barbellate, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny	having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

English > *briary*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc..
Synonyms	barbed, barbellate, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny
Broader	armed	(used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns
Spanish	erizado, espinoso, punzante
Catalan	eriçat, espinós, punxant
Nouns	briar	a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough / tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries

HyperDic: briary