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greenbrier /ˈɡrēnˌbrī(ə)r /(also greenbriar) nounA green-stemmed North American vine of the lily family, typically prickly and with blue-black berries. Also called catbrier.- Genus Smilax, family Liliaceae: several species, in particular the woody and thorny S. rotundifolia.
The undergrowth is often dense with dwarf palmettos and with such vines as earleaf, saw greenbriers (both very prickly), muscadine, and summer grape, all tough on hikers....- Common midstory and understory species included red maple, American beech, greenbrier, and spicebush.
- Because the canopy is relatively open here, the vegetation is often overgrown with rattan vine, greenbrier, wild grape, pepper vine, trumpet creeper, Virginia creeper, and poison ivy.
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