Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Bramble

Bramble (bram"b'l) , noun

[Old English brembil, Anglo-Saxon brēmel, brēmbel, brambel (akin to Old High German brāmal), from the same root as English broom, As. brōm. See Broom.]

1.
(Botany) Any plant of the genus Rubus, including the raspberry and blackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub.
The thorny brambles, and embracing bushes. — Shakespeare
2.
(Zoology) The brambling or bramble finch.