catbrier
- noun
- /ˈkætˌbraɪər/
- Specialized
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espino
- When clearing the yard, we discovered that the catbrier had overgrown and tangled with the other plants.
Examples
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The children played near the catbrier vines, careful to avoid the sharp thorns.
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I was troubled by something but didn't concentrate on what it might be because I was busy picking through catbrier that snatched into the path.
Fiction book (1990) -
While hiking in the woods, I had to navigate through dense catbrier to avoid getting scratched.
Synonyms
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A thorny plant like a wild rose or a woody vine
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A climbing woody plant with sharp thorns, shiny leaves, and berries you cannot eat
A prickly vine with hard round stems and shiny black berries that are not edible
A very prickly climbing plant with tough stems and shiny black berries not for eating
A very prickly vine with shiny round leaves and clusters of black berries you cannot eat
A climbing shrub or vine with prickly stems often called greenbrier
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word catbrier comes from two parts: cat and brier, and brier means 'thorny bush', as in the word 'briar' used in 'briar pipe'. A helpful way to remember it is that the vine has sharp stems that can scratch like a cat's claws, so the name fits its prickly nature.