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bramble.

Any of many closely related thorny plants in the genus Rubus including the blackberry and likely not including the raspberry proper.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbɹæm.bəl/[ˈbɹɛəm.bəl][ˈbɹɛəm.bl̩]
  1. Any of many closely related thorny plants in the genus Rubus including the blackberry and likely not including the raspberry proper.

  2. Any thorny shrub.

  3. A cocktail of gin, lemon juice, and blackberry liqueur.

  4. The soft fruit borne by the species Rubus fruticosus formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets.

    Scotland
  5. A collection of mutually touching connected subgraphs, where two subgraphs touch if they share a vertex or each includes one endpoint of an edge.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English brembel, from Old English bræmbel, from earlier brǣmel, brēmel, from dialectal Proto-West Germanic *brāmil, diminutive of *brām (English broom).

verb/ˈbɹæm.bəl/[ˈbɹɛəm.bəl][ˈbɹɛəm.bl̩]
  1. To pick or collect blackberries from brambles.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English brembel, from Old English bræmbel, from earlier brǣmel, brēmel, from dialectal Proto-West Germanic *brāmil, diminutive of *brām (English broom).

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