a prickly vine of the genus Smilax, with small green flowers and inedible black berries
bullbrier in American English
(ˈbʊlˌbraɪər)
US
noun
any of several species of greenbrier common in the forests of the S U.S.
bullbrier in American English
(ˈbulˌbraiər)
noun
catbrier
Word origin
[1850–55, Amer.; bull1 + brier1]This word is first recorded in the period 1850–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: ethylene, headhunting, muggins, overprint, proletariat