A rough prickly shrub; spec. the blackberry-bush (Rubus fruticosus).

A by-form of bramble, n.1

A prickly, thorny bush or shrub in general; formerly including the bramble, but now usually confined to wild rose bushes.

(perhaps) the dog-rose, or some species of bramble.

A brier or bramble.

The trailing plant Rubus fruticosus (family Rosaceae), found throughout north temperate regions and in South America, which has prickly woody…

a species of bramble, Rubus saxatilis, growing in stony places, with bright red fruit.

A bramble.

(a) the New Zealand Bramble (Rubus australis); (b) Australian and New Zealand, a layman who fancies he has a knowledge of law; an argumentative…

dialect. A long bramble. Also in New Zealand, etc., applied to certain creeping plants.