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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There is plenty to eat at Bok Tower Gardens outside of its on-site Blue Palmetto Cafe: citrus trees amid its Olmstead Gardens and trails, orchards with nectarines and papaya, grape vines and blackberry brambles and blueberry bushes.
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Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2025
The dark tortoiseshell cat, which was around 10 weeks old, was sheltering under a bramble bush on the barren cliffs above Porthcurno Beach in southwest England when she was found by cat-loving hiker Billy Kelland, an engineer in Britain’s Royal Navy.
—Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
Tart and fresh, with a splash of red-berry fruits—not market basket fresh, but more like freshly picked off the bush—and a little bramble.
—Lana Bortolot, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
Deep to partial shade Soil Type: Rich in organic matter
Soil pH: Acidic to neutral
Bramble Fern
An easy-to-grow fern, a bramble fern can grow 3 to 8 feet tall and up to 5 feet wide.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 4 June 2025
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Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2025
The dark tortoiseshell cat, which was around 10 weeks old, was sheltering under a bramble bush on the barren cliffs above Porthcurno Beach in southwest England when she was found by cat-loving hiker Billy Kelland, an engineer in Britain’s Royal Navy.
—Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
Tart and fresh, with a splash of red-berry fruits—not market basket fresh, but more like freshly picked off the bush—and a little bramble.
—Lana Bortolot, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
Deep to partial shade Soil Type: Rich in organic matter
Soil pH: Acidic to neutral
Bramble Fern
An easy-to-grow fern, a bramble fern can grow 3 to 8 feet tall and up to 5 feet wide.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 4 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for bramble
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“Bramble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bramble. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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