bramble /ˈbɹæm.bəl/noun 5verb 1forms 3 noun5 •Any of many closely related thorny plants in the genus Rubus including the blackberry and likely not including the raspberry proper.At the same time, the encroachment of vegetation proceeds apace, and broom and brambles have already made portions of the line impassable, even on foot. — 1949 •Any thorny shrub. •(Scotland) The soft fruit borne by the species Rubus fruticosus formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets. •A cocktail of gin, lemon juice, and blackberry liqueur. •A collection of mutually touching connected subgraphs, where two subgraphs touch if they share a vertex or each includes one endpoint of an edge. verb1 •To pick or collect blackberries from brambles. formsbrambled · brambling · brambles
