NOUN | plant | horse brier, bullbrier, greenbrier, catbrier, horse-brier, brier, briar, Smilax rotundifolia | 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 |
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Meaning | 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. | |
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Synonyms | bullbrier, greenbrier, catbrier, horse-brier, brier, briar, Smilax rotundifolia | |
Member of | Smilax, genus Smilax | sometimes placed in Smilacaceae |
Broader | vine | A plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface |
Spanish | bullbrier, catbrier | |
Catalan | bullbrier, catbrier |
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