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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
Answer for the clue "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 ", 8 letters:
catbrier
Word definitions for catbrier in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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: ...
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Word definitions in WordNet
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 ...
Usage examples of catbrier.
She flew straight into a net of catbrier, scratching her arms and face, and dropped back to the ground.
Andrea picked her way through the catbrier to the edge of the woods and peered out.
I saw that low tangles of catbrier and heath had been cleared from the site, and the top layer of sandy soil had been turned, as if by hand.
TOOK the Henry Hudson Parkway into Manhattan, noticing that the trees on either side of the parkway were being choked by wild catbrier and hops.