braam

Dutch (Brabantic)

/braːm/

noun
Definitions
  • A bramble, a common blackberry shrub, Rubus fruticosus.
  • A common blackberry, a bramble fruit.
  • One of certain other shrubs of the genus Rubus or their fruits.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch brame inherited from Old Dutch *brām inherited from Proto-Germanic *brēm- (bramble, thornbush, gorse).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*brēm-

Gloss

bramble, thornbush, gorse

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