briary meaning

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briary (adjective): having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc..

Definition of briary

  1. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
    • a horse with a short bristly mane
    • bristly shrubs
    • burred fruits
    • setaceous whiskers

    Synonyms: barbed, barbellate, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny

    Similar: armed

    Related forms: briar

Scrabble score: 11 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with BR · words ending in RY · 6-letter words

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