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GREENBRIER
bullbrier, greenbrier, catbrier, horse brier, horse-brier, brier, briar, Smilax rotundifolia
(noun) a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
greenbrier (plural greenbriers)
Any of several American prickly woody vines of the genus Smilax; the catbrier.
Source: Wiktionary
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SILICON
(noun) a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth’s crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
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