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Thorny Bushes Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is BRIERS which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: BRIERS

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About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "BRIERS" which means:

    noun
  • • Tangled mass of prickly plants
  • • A thorny stem or twig
  • • Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
  • • 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
  • • Evergreen treelike mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes

An example sentence would be:

  • • "I got scratched by the briers while walking through the overgrown field."
  • • "The briers in the garden need to be pruned before they take over."

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New York Times12 Mar 1990 Down 45
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