'Smilax rotundifolia' definitions:

Definition of 'Smilax rotundifolia'

From: WordNet
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 [syn: bullbrier, greenbrier, catbrier, horse brier, horse-brier, brier, briar, Smilax rotundifolia]

Definition of 'Smilax rotundifolia'

From: 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]

Definition of 'Smilax rotundifolia'

From: GCIDE
  • horsebrier \horsebrier\ n. a very prickly woody vine (Smilax rotundifolia) of eastern U. S. 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, catbrier, brier, briar, {Smilax rotundifolia}. [WordNet 1.5]

Definition of 'Smilax rotundifolia'

From: GCIDE
  • horsebrier \horsebrier\ n. a very prickly woody vine (Smilax rotundifolia) of eastern U. S. 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, catbrier, brier, briar, {Smilax rotundifolia}. [WordNet 1.5]

Definition of 'Smilax rotundifolia'

From: GCIDE
  • Brier \Bri"er\, Briar \Bri"ar\ (br[imac]"[~e]r), n. [OE. brere, brer, AS. br[=e]r, br[ae]r; cf. Ir. briar prickle, thorn, brier, pin, Gael. preas bush, brier, W. prys, prysg.]
  • 1. A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles; especially, species of Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Fig.: Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings. [1913 Webster]
  • The thorns and briers of reproof. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
  • Brier root, the root of the southern Smilax laurifolia and Smilax Walteri; -- used for tobacco pipes. See also 2nd brier.
  • Cat brier, Green brier, several species of Smilax (Smilax rotundifolia, etc.)
  • Sweet brier (Rosa rubiginosa). See Sweetbrier.
  • Yellow brier, the Rosa Eglantina. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Smilax rotundifolia'

From: 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]