n.
1.tangled mass of prickly plants
2.a thorny stem or twig
3.Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
4.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
5.evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes
Idiom of the Day
ride on (someone's) coattails
to have one's fortune or success depend on another person
The sales manager was riding on the coattails of his boss and hoped to achieve success in the company.
