Catbrier
any prickly vine of the genus Smilax, especially S. rotundifolia, of eastern North America, growing in tangled masses.
Historical Examples
There was privet budding and hawthorn fading, and barberry and catbrier and wild grape, in fresh June coloring.
Missy Miriam Coles Harris
Sometimes it is a stem of the catbrier; again a rose or blackberry.
In the Open Stanton Davis Kirkham
The sun was behind the cedar and barberry and catbrier banks.
Missy Miriam Coles Harris
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