RUBUS Synonyms
There is 1 hypernym of the word rubus. (close relations)
Definition of RUBUS
Best Alternative Words for RUBUS
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blackberry | nounn | |||||||
noun • large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus • bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle verb • pick or gather blackberries | ||||||||
bramble | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines | ||||||||
brier | nounn | |||||||
noun • tangled mass of prickly plants • a thorny stem or twig • Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips • a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries • evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes | ||||||||
dewberry | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of North America • blackberry-like fruits of any of several trailing blackberry bushes | ||||||||
thistle | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves | ||||||||
thorn | nounn | |||||||
noun • something that causes irritation and annoyance • a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf • a Germanic character of runic origin | ||||||||
genus rubus | nounn | |||||||
noun • large genus of brambles bearing berries |