brier

Noun
  1. Tangled mass of prickly plants (synset 112642597)
    is a type of: botany, flora, vegetation - all the plant life in a particular region or period
    same as: brier patch, brierpatch
  2. A thorny stem or twig (synset 113110778)
    is a type of: branchlet, sprig, twig - a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
  3. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips (synset 112642380)
    is a type of: rose, rosebush - any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
    same as: briar, eglantine, rosa eglanteria, sweetbriar, sweetbrier
  4. 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 (synset 112491017)
    is a type of: vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
    belongs to: genus smilax, smilax - sometimes placed in Smilacaceae
    same as: briar, bullbrier, catbrier, greenbrier, horse brier, horse-brier, smilax rotundifolia
  5. Evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes (synset 112248175)
    is a type of: erica, true heath - any plant of the genus Erica
    has: briarroot - hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea
    same as: briar, erica arborea, tree heath

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