horsebrier \horsebrier\ n. a very prickly woody vine ({Smilax rotundifolia}) of eastern U. S. growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries. Syn: bullbrier, greenbrier, catbrier, brier, briar, {Smilax rotundifolia}. [WordNet 1.5]