briar-patch

Meaning

1. noun A dense thicket of thorny plants; ground made impassable by the impenetrable overgrowth of prickly vegetation.
2. noun An intellectual or philosophical issue abounding with seemingly unresolvable problems; a theoretical quandary or impasse.
3. noun ↑ “briar patch” listed in Webster’s New Millennium™ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v. 0.9.7), Copyright © 2003–2009 Dictionary.com, LLC

Similar words

brake briery shrubbery scrub thicket pea patch frith boglet puckerbrush thinnet