Bramble

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  • noun. A prickly shrub of the genus Rubus of the rose family, including the blackberry and the raspberry.
  • noun. A prickly shrub or bush.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To pick brambles or blackberries.
  • noun. A name common to plants of the genus Rubus, especially and usually in England the common blackberry, R. fruticosus; occasionally (from these plants being armed with prickles), any rough prickly shrub, as the dogrose, Rosa canina.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Any plant of the genus Rubus, including the raspberry and blackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub.
  • noun. The brambling or bramble finch.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Common blackberry.
  • noun. Any of several closely related thorny plants in the genus Rubus, including blackberry and raspberry.
  • noun. Any thorny shrub.
  • noun. A cocktail of gin, lemon juice, and blackberry liqueur.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines
  • Word Usage
    "The lighthouse island was stencilled in bramble-black on a gold-leaf sea."
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    Campbell  amble  gamble  preamble  ramble  
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    Brie  adherent  adhesive  barnacle  brier  
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