Smilax rotundifolia
    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]

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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Brier \Bri"er\, Briar \Bri"ar\ (br[imac]"[~e]r), n. [OE. brere,
   brer, AS. br[=e]r, br[ae]r; cf. Ir. briar prickle, thorn,
   brier, pin, Gael. preas bush, brier, W. prys, prysg.]
   1. A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles;
      especially, species of Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax.
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   2. Fig.: Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.
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            The thorns and briers of reproof.     --Cowper.
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   Brier root, the root of the southern Smilax laurifolia
      and Smilax Walteri; -- used for tobacco pipes. See also
      2nd brier.

   Cat brier, Green brier, several species of Smilax
      (Smilax rotundifolia, etc.)

   Sweet brier (Rosa rubiginosa). See Sweetbrier.

   Yellow brier, the Rosa Eglantina.
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catbrier \catbrier\ n.
   a very prickly woody vine of eastern U.S. (Smilax
   rotundifolia) 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, horsebrier, brier, briar, Smilax
        rotundifolia.
        [WordNet 1.5]