blackberry bush
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- noun
- /ˈblækˌbɛri bʌʃ/
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- As summer approached, the blackberry bush started to produce an abundance of dark purple berries.
- thicket of blackberry bushes
Examples
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And apparently, I need blackberry bushes in my yard removed.
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We slowly picked our way through a tangle of blackberry bushes that were all in bloom and emerged on the shore of an oxbow lake.
Fiction book (2002) -
Well, the horse, uh... the horse stumbled and I fell into a blackberry bush.
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There was too much brush along the edge of the lake to allow us to walk there, so we had to go back down through the blackberry bushes.
Fiction book (2002) -
Tiffany heard a soft rustle in the blackberry bushes.
Fiction book (2002) -
Spying a blackberry bush halfway along the path, he reached in, picked off a few of the ripest, and handed them back.
Fiction book (1994) -
Having a good outdoor play area for her is well worth the cost of having the lawn mowed and the weeds and blackberry bushes kept in check.
Blog text (19) -
She hopped down the steps and ran through the tall grass, past the prickery blackberry bushes and on to the fields.
Fiction book (1998) -
The children picked ripe berries from the blackberry bush in the backyard.
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During our hike, we discovered a blackberry bush loaded with sweet fruit.
Synonyms
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A bush with sharp stems that grows small sweet black fruits
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A rough, thorny bush that often has berries like blackberries or raspberries
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A wild prickly bush with blackberries you can eat
A bush that grows sweet black or dark purple berries you can eat
A blackberry bush that bears sweet black or dark purple berries people eat
A wild bush that produces long black berries and grows in western North America
A North American blackberry plant with small black edible berries
A plant with long stems that grow along the ground and produce black berries
A low spiny bush that grows in wet ground and has small black berries you can eat
A stiff bush that makes blackberries and grows in sandy soil in the eastern United States
A type of blackberry bush that grows in the eastern United States
A small dark berry like a blackberry that you eat
A low bush that grows along the ground and makes small dark berries like blackberries
A low wild plant that makes small black edible berries like blackberries
A low-growing bush that makes small edible berries like blackberries
A low wild bush that makes sweet dark purple or black berries like blackberries
A thorny bush that grows dark red edible berries and comes from crossing a blackberry with a dewberry
How Prickly
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a bush that bears blackberries' is directly and compositionally derived from 'blackberry' (the fruit/shrub) and 'bush' (a small woody plant); a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer the phrase. This is a straightforward noun + noun modifier pattern common across languages and thus highly transparent.
Etymology
Blackberry bush is a very literal name: a low bush with thorny branches that holds dark blackberries you pick to eat. That's why the name simply means 'a bush that grows blackberries'.