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Blackberry bush

noun

Bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle. Synonym: blackberry.

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"Blackberry bush" Quotes from Famous Books

... in and hurried after his sister. But he was so busy collecting all the pencils and paper he could find that he forgot to brush his hair, and consequently appeared at the supper table with a head like a tangled blackberry bush. His eyes were bright ...

— A Prisoner in Fairyland • Algernon Blackwood

... de same behind an' befo', not to say inside an' outside, and a man can go roun' an' roun' de blackberry bush an' not git nowhar. 'Spe'unce is a thorny bramble, an' yer 'bleeged to go th'ough it, to draw blood, an', I tell yer, de blood is ...

— Daddy Do-Funny's Wisdom Jingles • Ruth McEnery Stuart

... Marshall writes:—"This species builds in trees and bushes. The only nest I examined personally was a very compact and thick cup-shaped structure of moss, grass, and roots, lined with grass, and placed amongst the outer twigs of a blackberry bush overhanging a cliff. It was ready for the eggs on the 23rd May. It was found at Nynee Tal on Agar Pata, about ...

— The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 • Allan O. Hume

Words linked to "Blackberry bush" : blackberry, Rubus cuneifolius, Rubus ursinus, bramble bush, dewberry, sand blackberry, western dewberry, running blackberry, western blackberry, dewberry bush, true blackberry, Rubus fruticosus