catbrier
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (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 berriesSynonyms: bullbriergreenbrierhorse brierhorse-brierbrierbriarSmilax rotundifolia
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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]