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noun
Any of several American prickly woody vines of the genus Smilax.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: catbriar, catbrier
Antonyms: none provided
noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bullbrier, catbrier, horse brier, horse-brier, brier, briar, Smilax rotundifolia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: vine
History
From green + brier.
