Greenbrier (Noun)
Meaning
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The dense thicket of greenbrier made it nearly impossible to navigate through the woods.
- As she walked along the trail, she noticed the vibrant greenbrier vines crawling up the trunks of trees.
- The park ranger warned the hikers to watch out for the greenbrier's thorny branches and to stay on the marked path.
- In the depths of the forest, the gnarled mass of greenbrier covered nearly an acre of land.
- The wild berries growing among the greenbrier, though attractive, were not safe for eating.