单词 | greenbriar |
释义 | > as lemmasgreenbriar greenbriar n. North American any of various climbing plants of the genus Smilax. ΚΠ c1785 S. Pears in Dict. Americanisms (1951) II. 743/1 We had not anything to live on..except..greenbrier berreys. 1839 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. I. 302 The Green Briar, or Round-leaved Smilax,..is common along fences. 1903 G. F. Thompson Man. Angora Goat Raising 74 The greenbrier..is an enemy to goat raising; not that it is poisonous, but because of its physical character. 2008 Copley News Service (Nexis) 6 June I have determined that I have a thorny shrub or vine that is called greenbrier. < as lemmas |
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