Definition of BRAMBLE

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Recent Examples on the Web The trail soon encounters the edge of Munds Canyon, where a series of flowing switchbacks glide off the rim and into green drainages cluttered with brambles and wildflowers that thrive in the moist ecozones. — Mare Czinar, azcentral, "This forested hike south of Flagstaff has room to spread out. Here's how to try it.," 22 May 2020 The next morning a railroad worker spotted the girl’s partly clad body in a bramble of ivy. — oregonlive, "Who’s on Oregon’s death row: 27 men; 2 others held elsewhere," 15 May 2020 Now, if your raincoat is less-than-waterproof for any other reason—like a hole in the sleeve from getting too close to a fire or snags from brambles in the woods—no waterproofing spray is going to save you, there. — Rachel Z. Arndt, Popular Mechanics, "Don't Toss Your Old Raincoat, Make It Waterproof (Again)," 28 Feb. 2020 My grandmother lived an hour and a half from Seattle, with a dozen head of cattle, pigs, rabbits, vegetable gardens, and blackberry brambles. — New York Times, "‘The Adventurer’s Son,’ by Roman Dial: An Excerpt," 18 Feb. 2020 So grab a shotgun and work over every tangle of hedgerow brush and field-edge bramble, and stomp on every pile of timber slash. — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, "How to Hunt Winter Rabbits without Dogs," 3 Feb. 2020 But its story is a bramble of convoluted plot points and florid, unconvincing dialogue. — Isaac Feldberg, Fortune, "The best movies that came out of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival," 5 Feb. 2020 The path to Cho’s cardamom wove upward through waist-high brambles that scratched at my bare legs. — National Geographic, "This Vietnamese national park is a spice lover’s dream," 18 Jan. 2020 Reports of a Bigfoot-like creature wandering the thickets and brambles have also been a constant theme throughout the years. — Steve Annear, BostonGlobe.com, "FX creating series based on ‘Bridgewater Triangle,’ an alleged hotbed of paranormal activity," 30 Aug. 2019

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“Bramble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bramble. Accessed 6 Jul. 2020.

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