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Bramble : (noun)
1: any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Bramble : \Bram"ble\ (br[a^]m"b'l), n. [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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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