greenbrier
greenbrier · greenbriers
Any of several American prickly woody vines of the genus SmilaxAny of several American prickly woody vines of the genus Smilax.
Meaning
1 sensesAny of several American prickly woody vines of the genus Smilax.
More definitions
- 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
Origin
From green + brier.From green + brier.
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Forms
plural: greenbriersSynonyms
8 synonymsClose in meaning
- 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:bullbriercatbrierhorse brierhorse-brierbrierbriarSmilax rotundifolia