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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
briary
adj : 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, briery, bristled,
bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous,
spiny, thorny]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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