Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bramble"
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}.)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Brambling \Bram"bling\, n. [OE. bramline. See {Bramble}, n.]
(Zo["o]l.)
The European mountain finch ({Fringilla montifringilla}); --
called also {bramble finch} and {bramble}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bramble
n : any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines
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