Source : WordNet®

briary
     adj : 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" [syn: {barbed}, {barbellate}, {briery}, {bristled},
            {bristly}, {burred}, {burry}, {prickly}, {setose}, {setaceous},
            {spiny}, {thorny}]