briary

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Adj.1.briary - having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.briary - having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"
barbellate, briery, bristled, setaceous, setose, burred, burry, prickly, barbed, spiny, thorny, bristly
armed - (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns
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briery

also briary
adjective
Full of sharp needlelike protuberances:
echinate, prickly, pricky, spiny, thistly, thorny.
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