1) Armed 2) Barbed 3) Barbellate 4) Briary 5) Bristled 6) Bristly 7) Burred 8) Burry 9) Full of prickly plants 10) Full of thorns 11) Prickly 12) Rife with prickly shrubs 13) Setaceous 14) Setose 15) Spiny 16) Thorny 1) Barbellate 2) Briary 3) Bristled 4) Burred 5) Burry 6) Setaceous 7) Setose 8) Spiny 
• (a.) Full of briers; thorny. • (n.) A place where briers grow.
Bri'er·y adjective Full of briers; thorny. Bri'er·y noun A place where briers grow. Huloet. 
I think of California Zinfandel when the term briery comes into play, denoting that the wine is aggressive and rather spicy.