bramble patch
Wild berry ground
A bramble patch is an area overgrown with thorny bushes—blackberries, raspberries, or wild roses tangled together.
The phrase suggests difficulty of passage: The rabbit disappeared into a bramble patch.
Figuratively, a bramble patch is any situation that's thorny and hard to navigate: The contract negotiations became a bramble patch of competing interests.
- thornsSharp plant projections
- thorn bushesShrubs bearing sharp spines
- thicketDense shrub cluster
- blackberryAggregate fruit from thorny canes
- raspberryAggregate bramble fruit
wild berries · wild · tangled · scratches · berries · overgrown · prickly · hedge · briars · picking · Brer Rabbit · vines · dense · snagged · underbrush · wilderness · foraging · summer
- underbrushunderbrush, undergrowth, brush, scrub, thicket
- forest floorfallen leaves, leaf litter, dead leaves, rotting wood, rotting logs
- bramblesblackberry, raspberry, dewberry, boysenberry, loganberry
bramble patchformal garden
Symmetrically designed planted space
manicured lawn · topiary garden · garden bed · rose garden · flower bed
bramble patchclearing
Treeless space in forest
open field · meadow · lawn · open ground · glade
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