briers
bri-ers
noun
Thorny bushes or tangled masses of prickly plants, often found in wild areas.
"We had to push through the briers."
Thesaurus
Synonyms: Erica arborea, briar, tree heath, sweetbrier, eglantine, sweetbriar, Rosa eglanteria, brierpatch, brier patch, catbrier, Smilax rotundifolia, bullbrier