A fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.
The soft fruit borne by this shrub, formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets.
The blackcurrant.
To gather or forage for blackberries.
Any of many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters, such as many in the Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax genera.
The white heath (Erica arborea), a thorny Mediterranean shrub.
Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.
A pipe for smoking, made from the roots of that shrub.