noun
- a prickly climbing or trailing vine of the smilax family, native to North America, bearing small greenish flowers and dark berries
Usage: also called catbrier or greenbrier; common in eastern and southeastern United States
Examples
- The catbriar vines covered the fence with their thorny stems.
- Hikers had to push through dense catbriar to reach the trail.
- The catbriar's dark berries are eaten by birds and wildlife.
- Catbriar is common in the understory of southeastern forests.
- The prickly catbriar made clearing the overgrown lot difficult.