briary

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.“a horse with a short bristly mane”“bristly shrubs”“burred fruits”“setaceous whiskers”Synonyms: barbed barbellate briery bristled bristly burred burry prickly setose setaceous spiny thorny

briary \briary\ adj.

1.having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns etc.; -- of plants or animals.

Syn: barbed, barbellate, briery, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, spiny, thorny. [WordNet 1.5]