Bramble

Prickly plant name

A bramble is a prickly shrub, typically a wild blackberry or raspberry, with arching stems covered in thorns.

The tangled growth makes brambles difficult to walk through: We pushed through the brambles at the edge of the field.

The word often appears in the plural to describe dense, scratchy undergrowth rather than a single plant.

foraging

blackberrying

Harvesting wild hedge fruits

harvest · jam · preserve · cobbler · crumble · pie · cordial · wine · jelly · stained fingers

plant

blackberry

Aggregate fruit from thorny canes

canes · prickles · undergrowth · dewberry · trailing · shrub · tangled · briar · creeping · perennial

folklore

Sleeping Beauty

Curse-bound dormant royal

hedge · protection · wild · overgrown · castle · princess · magical · spell · impenetrable · gothic

barrier

thorns

Sharp plant projections

scratches · snagging · obstacle · overgrown · defensive · hedge · thicket · snare · impassable · wild

Categories
Opposites
plant texture/surface

Bramblemoss

Spore-bearing ground cover

lamb's ear · fern · clover · succulent · petunia

growth habit/cultivation

Brambletopiary

Shaped shrub sculpture

formal garden · espalier · ornamental plant · bonsai · lawn

terrain quality (metaphorical)

Brambleclear path

Unobstructed way forward

clearing · open field · garden path · manicured lawn · glade

Phrases
Family

brambles, brambly

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G