thornbush

[ thawrn-boosh ]

noun

1. any of various shrubs or bushes having spines or thorns.

Word History and Origins

Origin of thornbush¹

1300–50; Middle English. See thorn, bush ¹

Example Sentences

This desire, this murderous need that sent my fingers curling inward, my nails cutting into my palms—it was everything ugly inside of Yakov, left to grow inside me like a thornbush.

From Literature

It seemed to come from a twisted thornbush.

From Literature

Taran lifted it free of the thornbush.

From Literature

“I uncovered things about myself along the way. It’s like reading a book for the second time. I had to drag myself back through that thornbush. But I understood myself all the better because of it.”

From The Guardian

A mighty cheer and a laugh: a club made of knotted thornbush wood studded with sharp iron nails was swung by Thor into Balder’s face.

From Literature