prickly+shrub

  • 121raspberry — noun (plural raspberries) 1》 an edible soft fruit related to the blackberry, consisting of a cluster of reddish pink drupels. 2》 the prickly shrub which yields raspberries. [Rubus idaeus.] 3》 informal a sound made with the tongue and lips,… …

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  • 122bramble — n. Brier bush, brier, prickly shrub, bramble bush …

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  • 123bramble — /ˈbræmbəl / (say brambuhl) noun 1. the common blackberry, Rubus fruticosus. 2. any plant of the genus Rubus. 3. any rough prickly shrub. –verb (i) (brambled, brambling) 4. to gather blackberries. {Middle English, Old English bræmbel, brembel,… …

  • 124briar — /ˈbraɪə / (say bruyuh) noun 1. the white heath, Erica arborea, of France and Corsica, whose woody root is used for making tobacco pipes. 2. a pipe made of this or similar wood. 3. a prickly shrub or plant, especially the sweetbriar, Rosa… …

  • 125dead finish — /dɛd ˈfɪnɪʃ / (say ded finish) noun 1. a prickly shrub of spreading habit, Acacia tetragonophylla, of north western WA; karara. 2. any of various similar trees or shrubs that form an impenetrable thicket. 3. the limit or extreme point (of… …

  • 126rhamnaceous — /ræmˈneɪʃəs/ (say ram nayshuhs) adjective belonging to the Rhamnaceae, or buckthorn family of plants. {New Latin Rhamnus, the typical genus (Greek rhamnos a prickly shrub) + aceous} …

  • 127mesquite —   n. prickly shrub, forming thickets, of Mexico and SW United States …

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  • 128bramble bush — noun any prickly shrub of the genus Rubus bearing edible aggregate fruits • Hypernyms: ↑bramble • Hyponyms: ↑lawyerbush, ↑lawyer bush, ↑bush lawyer, ↑Rubus cissoides, ↑Rubus australis, ↑ …

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