bramble.

a prickly shrub, especially a blackberry or related plant; also its thorny stem

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Words that belong together

• bramble thicket
• tangled brambles
• bramble patch

On the page

Brambles caught at her sleeves beside the path.

A bramble grew through the broken fence.

They found the old well beneath a tangle of brambles.

Usage notes

Primary curation section: Environment. Names vegetation rather than a generic thorn. Common in British landscape description. Plural: brambles. Related adjective: brambly.