English Dictionary |
BULLBRIER
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
Dictionary entry overview: What does bullbrier mean?
• BULLBRIER (noun)
The noun BULLBRIER has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: BULLBRIER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
briar; brier; bullbrier; catbrier; greenbrier; horse-brier; horse brier; Smilax rotundifolia
Hypernyms ("bullbrier" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Holonyms ("bullbrier" is a member of...):
genus Smilax; Smilax (sometimes placed in Smilacaceae)
Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Even the water gets stale if it does not flow." (Albanian proverb)
"He who does not know the falcon would grill it." (Arabic proverb)
"Knowledge is in the head, not the copybook." (Egyptian proverb)