brier, brier patch, brierpatch - tangled mass of prickly plants
briar, brier, Erica arborea, tree heath - evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes
briar, brier, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria, sweetbriar, sweetbrier - Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
briar, brier, bullbrier, catbrier, greenbrier, horse-brier, horse brier, Smilax rotundifolia - 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
brier - a thorny stem or twig