Catbrier

2 definitions found

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  catbrier
       n : 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}, {horse brier}, {horse-brier}, {brier}, {briar},
            {Smilax rotundifolia}]