The difference between Blackberry and Bramble

When used as nouns, blackberry means a fruit-bearing shrub of the species rubus fruticosus and some hybrids, whereas bramble means common blackberry.


Blackberry is also verb with the meaning: to gather or forage for blackberries.

check bellow for the other definitions of Blackberry and Bramble

  1. Blackberry as a noun:

    A fruit-bearing shrub of the species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.

  2. Blackberry as a noun:

    The soft fruit borne by this shrub, formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets.

  3. Blackberry as a noun (UK, in some regions):

    The blackcurrant.

  1. Blackberry as a verb:

    To gather or forage for blackberries.

  1. Bramble as a noun (British):

    Common blackberry.

  2. Bramble as a noun (US):

    Any of several closely related thorny plants in the genus Rubus, including blackberry and raspberry.

  3. Bramble as a noun:

    Any thorny shrub.

  4. Bramble as a noun:

    A cocktail of gin, lemon juice, and blackberry liqueur.

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