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rubus.

bramble, briar; prickly shrub; fruit of bramble, blackberry;

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈrʊ.bʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈruː.bus]
  1. bramble, blackberry bush

    declension-2 · masculine
  2. a blackberry (fruit), raspberry (fruit)

    declension-2 · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *wruðos, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰo- (“sweetbriar”) (compare dialectal Norwegian erre, orr (“bush”), Albanian hurdhe (“ivy”), Old Persian *vr̥dah (“flower, rose”), Old English word (“thornbush”)). See rose.

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