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greenbrier

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English

Syllables
green-bri-er
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several American prickly woody vines of the genus Smilax.

Etymology

From green + brier.

Inflected Forms

greenbriers (plural) greenbriar (alternative) green brier (alternative)

Phrases

Greenbrier County

Synonyms

catbriar catbrier bullbrier horse brier horse-brier brier briar smilax rotundifolia

Questions

What does greenbrier mean?
Any of several American prickly woody vines of the genus Smilax.
Where does greenbrier come from?
From green + brier.

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