'briary' definitions:

Definition of 'briary'

(from WordNet)
adjective
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, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny]

Definition of 'briary'

From: 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]