There are over 330 species of bramble in the UK. This helps explain why not all blackberries taste the same. The scientific name for the plant we recognise as a blackberry bush is Rubus fruticosus ...

A brambleberry is often used as a colloqualism, but it can also have a very literal meaning: It is any berry that grows from a proper bramble. What makes a bramble ... of these berries have thorns [on ...