Associations to the word «Greenbrier»

Wiktionary

GREENBRIER, noun. Any of several American prickly woody vines of the genus Smilax; the catbrier

Dictionary definition

GREENBRIER, noun. 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.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats