briery

comparative more briery · superlative most briery

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of briary.

   All these species are climbing, briery plants, having long slender roots, which proceed in all directions from a common rootstalk or rhizome.

   1868, George Bacon Wood, A Treatise on Therapeutics, and Pharmacology, Or Materia Medica, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Company, page 432

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   But Mrs. McCain is clearly not interested in having her husband take a beating at the expense of his family or enduring accusations about his briery temperament.

   2007 June 29, Jennifer Steinhauer, “Mrs. McCain, Demure in 2000, Is Speaking Up in a Steely Tone”, in New York Times

plural brieries

1. A place where briars grow.