Briary

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  briary
       adj : 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" [syn: {barbed}, {barbellate}, {briery}, {bristled},
              {bristly}, {burred}, {burry}, {prickly}, {setose}, {setaceous},
              {spiny}, {thorny}]