bramble
Prickly berry bush
Bramble refers to prickly shrubs of the rose family, especially blackberries and raspberries, or the tangled thickets they form.
The thorny, scrambling growth makes brambles difficult to navigate: We pushed through the brambles at the edge of the field.
Figuratively, a bramble suggests something thorny or entangled: a bramble of legal complications.
Aggregate bramble fruit
- boysenberryBramble fruit hybrid
- loganberryBramble fruit hybrid
- dewberryCreeping bramble bearing dark fruit
- wineberryThorny Asian berry shrub
cloudberry · picking · jam · cobbler · pie · tart · preserve · compote
Spiny or irritable
- spinyHaving sharp points
- barbedHaving sharp projections
- scratchyRough and irritating
- tangledTwisted confusedly together
snagging · hooked · catching · sharp · impenetrable · dense · overgrown · snare
Low forest vegetation
- underbrushDense low forest vegetation
- hedgerowLinear shrub boundary
- copseSmall group of trees
- brushwoodCut or fallen branches
overgrown · impenetrable · dense · tangled · wild · sprawling · rambling · wasteland
State of being intertwined
- snareDevice for catching prey
- impedimentThing that obstructs progress
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
catching · snagging · impassable · blocked · overgrown · clearing · machete · path
raspberry
Aggregate bramble fruit
- boysenberryBramble fruit hybrid
- loganberryBramble fruit hybrid
- dewberryCreeping bramble bearing dark fruit
wineberry · cloudberry · picking · jam · cobbler · pie · tart · preserve · compote · syrup
prickly
Spiny or irritable
tangled · snagging · hooked · catching · sharp · impenetrable · dense · overgrown · snare · tear
undergrowth
Low forest vegetation
- underbrushDense low forest vegetation
- hedgerowLinear shrub boundary
- copseSmall group of trees
brushwood · overgrown · impenetrable · dense · tangled · wild · sprawling · rambling · wasteland · neglected
entanglement
State of being intertwined
- snareDevice for catching prey
- impedimentThing that obstructs progress
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
obstruction · catching · snagging · impassable · blocked · overgrown · clearing · machete · path · hacking
- floraleaves, petals, stems, buds, branches
- British Countrysidehedgerow, village, hedgerows, hamlet, moorland
- cocktailsmartini, margarita, Manhattan, mojito, daiquiri
- forest plantsfern, birch, oak, maple, beech
- forest trailstrail, trails, hiking trail, dirt trail, nature trail
- thorny plantsbriar, thistle, raspberry, hawthorn, wild rose
bramblelamb's ear
Soft-leaved ground cover
balm · moss · soft grass · fern · aloe
brambletopiary
Shaped shrub sculpture
privet · boxwood · formal garden · espalier · manicured lawn
- bramble patchDense thorny shrub area
- bramble bushThorny wild shrub