bramble

noun

bram·ble | \ ˈbram-bəl

Definition of bramble

1 : any of a genus (Rubus) of usually prickly shrubs of the rose family including the raspberries and blackberries also : the fruit of a bramble

2 : a rough prickly shrub or vine

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Even the village graveyard, set on the other side of the valley, is slowly receding into an undergrowth of nettles and brambles, grass flowers and cow parsley. — New York Times, "And Then There Was One: Three People Lived in This Village Until Two Were Murdered.," 15 July 2019 The state stopped maintaining it in 2010, and the land lies covered in brambles, mud and rocks. — Lynnley Browning, Fortune, "This Failed Trump Golf Course Is Now a Dilapidated New York State Park," 16 June 2019 Some seek knowledge on weaving baskets from willow, bamboo, brambles, or pine needles. — Emma Grey Ellis, WIRED, "Spiff Up Your Real-World Skills With Old Timey YouTube," 25 June 2019 The state stopped maintaining it in 2010, and the land lies covered in brambles, mud and rocks. — Lynnley Browning, Fortune, "This Failed Trump Golf Course Is Now a Dilapidated New York State Park," 16 June 2019 The state stopped maintaining it in 2010, and the land lies covered in brambles, mud and rocks. — Lynnley Browning, Fortune, "This Failed Trump Golf Course Is Now a Dilapidated New York State Park," 16 June 2019 The state stopped maintaining it in 2010, and the land lies covered in brambles, mud and rocks. — Time, "A Failed Trump Golf Course Is Now a Dilapidated State Park – but Is It Worth $26.1 Million?," 14 June 2019 That wasn't an issue in my gnarly test bramble, which is usually mowed by a tractor the size of a Victorian manor. — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, "Meet the Tweel: The Tire That Never Goes Flat," 26 May 2019 That’s a fair question, even though its fatuousness should have sent Will fleeing into the brambles. — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, "‘All Is True’ Review: Shakespeare Simplified," 9 May 2019

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