bullbrier
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bullbrier
Example Sentences
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Wild-grape vines and bullbrier vines were the most prolific.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 24, 2014
Years later I crossed the old pasture and went straight to the bullbrier tangle.
From Secret of the Woods by Long, William Joseph
The fox had struck the trail late the previous afternoon, and followed it to a bullbrier thicket, in the midst of which was a great cedar in which the old beech partridge roosted.
From Secret of the Woods by Long, William Joseph
This was his middle range, a place of dense coverts, bullbrier thickets and sunny open spots among the ledges, where you might, with good-luck, find him on special days at any season.
From Secret of the Woods by Long, William Joseph
It led straight to the bullbrier thicket where the old beech partridge roosted.
From Secret of the Woods by Long, William Joseph
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