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thornbush

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of many thorny or spiny shrubs and bushes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: ferrë — thorny shrub or bush
  • Albanian: ferrël — thorny shrub or bush
  • Arabic: شَوْك (šawk) — thorny shrub or bush
  • Aramaic: סַנְיָא (sanyā) — thorny shrub or bush
  • Aramaic: ܣܢܝܐ (sanyā) — thorny shrub or bush
  • Aramaic: ܣܢܐ (sne) — thorny shrub or bush
  • Armenian: փուշ (pʻuš) — thorny shrub or bush
  • Bulgarian: шипка (šipka) — thorny shrub or bush
  • Catalan: bardissa — thorny shrub or bush
  • Catalan: bruc — thorny shrub or bush
  • Czech: trní — thorny shrub or bush
  • Dutch: doornstruik — thorny shrub or bush
  • Dutch: doornbos — thorny shrub or bush
  • Esperanto: dornarbusto — thorny shrub or bush
  • Faroese: tornarunnur — thorny shrub or bush
  • Finnish: piikkipensas — thorny shrub or bush
  • French: buisson épineux — thorny shrub or bush
  • French: épineux — thorny shrub or bush
  • French: bruyère — thorny shrub or bush
  • Galician: silva — thorny shrub or bush
  • Galician: silveira — thorny shrub or bush
  • Galician: silvareu — thorny shrub or bush
  • Galician: xibarda — thorny shrub or bush
  • Galician: balseiro — thorny shrub or bush
  • Galician: bardal — thorny shrub or bush
  • Galician: balsa — thorny shrub or bush
  • Galician: bardaleiro — thorny shrub or bush
  • Galician: fonce — thorny shrub or bush
  • Galician: espiñeira — thorny shrub or bush
  • German: Dornbusch — thorny shrub or bush
  • Greek: ρείκι (reíki) — thorny shrub or bush
  • Ancient Greek: ῥάμνος (rhámnos) — thorny shrub or bush
  • Hungarian: tüskebokor — thorny shrub or bush
  • Irish: sceach — thorny shrub or bush
  • Irish: sceacha — thorny shrub or bush
  • Irish: dris — thorny shrub or bush
  • Old Irish: dris — thorny shrub or bush
  • Italian: rovo — thorny shrub or bush
  • Italian: spino — thorny shrub or bush
  • Latin: veprēs — thorny shrub or bush
  • Latin: sentis — thorny shrub or bush
  • Māori: tairo — thorny shrub or bush
  • Māori: taraheke — thorny shrub or bush
  • Māori: taramoa — thorny shrub or bush
  • Māori: tātarāmoa — thorny shrub or bush
  • Middle English: brembel — thorny shrub or bush
  • Occitan: espin — thorny shrub or bush
  • Persian: خاربوته (xârbute) — thorny shrub or bush
  • Persian: تلو (talu) — thorny shrub or bush
  • Persian: مغیلان (moġilân) — thorny shrub or bush
  • Portuguese: espinheiro — thorny shrub or bush
  • Portuguese: sarça — thorny shrub or bush
  • Quechua: kichka — thorny shrub or bush
  • Romanian: rug — thorny shrub or bush
  • Romanian: mărăcine — thorny shrub or bush
  • Russian: терно́вник (ternóvnik) — thorny shrub or bush
  • Russian: шипо́вник (šipóvnik) — thorny shrub or bush
  • Scottish Gaelic: dris — thorny shrub or bush
  • Scottish Gaelic: dreas — thorny shrub or bush
  • Serbo-Croatian: trnjak — thorny shrub or bush
  • Slovak: tŕnie — thorny shrub or bush
  • Spanish: zarzal — thorny shrub or bush
  • Spanish: brezo — thorny shrub or bush
  • Sranan Tongo: makamaka — thorny shrub or bush
  • Swedish: törnbuske — thorny shrub or bush
  • Swedish: taggbuske — thorny shrub or bush
  • Swedish: törne — thorny shrub or bush
  • Telugu: కంప (kampa) — thorny shrub or bush
  • Telugu: క్రంప (krampa) — thorny shrub or bush
  • Welsh: miaren — thorny shrub or bush
  • Welsh: mieri — thorny shrub or bush