bramble

noun
UK /ˈbræm.bəl/
US /ˈbræm.bəl/

A bramble is a wild bush with sharp thorns that grows blackberries.

We picked sweet blackberries from the bramble at the edge of the field.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. Any rough, prickly shrub or vine that is hard to walk through.

The hikers pushed through a dense bramble to reach the river.

3. A tangled, messy mass of something.

A bramble of wires lay behind the computer desk.

4. A Scottish word for a wild blackberry.

She made jam from the brambles she gathered along the lane.