 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bramble
noun: any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bramble \Bram"ble\ (br[a^]m"b'l), noun [OE. brembil, AS.
br[=e]mel, br[=e]mbel, br[=ae]mbel (akin to OHG. br[=a]mal),
fr. the same root as E. broom, As. br[=o]m. See {Broom}.]
1. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Rubus}, including the
raspberry and blackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub.
The thorny brambles, and embracing bushes. --Shak.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The brambling or bramble finch.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Brambling \Bram"bling\, noun [OE. bramline. See {Bramble}, noun]
(Zo["o]l.)
The European mountain finch ({Fringilla montifringilla}); --
called also {bramble finch} and {bramble}.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "bramble":
adherent, adhesive, barnacle, brier, brier bush, bristle, bulldog,
burr, bush, cactus, catchweed, cement, cleavers, decal,
decalcomania, glue, goose grass, gunk, leech, limpet, molasses,
mucilage, needle, nettle, paste, pine needle, plaster, prickle,
quill, remora, scrub, shrub, shrubbery, spicule, spiculum, spike,
spikelet, spine, sticker, syrup, thistle, thorn, yucca
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bramble
(1.) Hebrew _atad_, Judg. 9:14; rendered "thorn," Ps. 58:9. The
LXX. and Vulgate render by rhamnus, a thorny shrub common in
Palestine, resembling the hawthorn.
(2.) Hebrew _hoah_, Isa. 34:13 (R.V. "thistles"); "thickets"
in 1 Sam. 13:6; "thistles" in 2 Kings 14:9, 2 Chr. 25:18, Job
31:40; "thorns" in 2 Chr. 33:11, Cant. 2:2, Hos. 9:6. The word
may be regarded as denoting the common thistle, of which there
are many species which encumber the corn-fields of Palestine.
(See {THORNS}.)
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