greenbrier
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How to use greenbrier in a sentence
In 1757 the greenbrier Company secured 100,000 acres of land on the western waters.
The Colonization of North America | Herbert Eugene BoltonThis was the last outrage committed by the Indians in the greenbrier settlements.
Chronicles of Border Warfare | Alexander Scott Withersgreenbrier pinned him sadly but firmly to the wall with a hand the size, shape and color of a McClellan saddle.
Strictly Business | O. HenryThe storm was so sudden and tremendous that greenbrier's first impulse was to lie down and grab a root.
Strictly Business | O. HenryI'm as good a Westerner as you are, greenbrier; but, somehow, I can't make up my mind to go back out there.
Strictly Business | O. Henry
British Dictionary definitions for greenbrier
/ (ˈɡriːnˌbraɪə) /
any of several prickly climbing plants of the liliaceous genus Smilax, esp S. rotundifolia of the eastern US, which has small green flowers and blackish berries: Also called: cat brier
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