thornbush

[ thawrn-boo sh ]

/ ˈθɔrnˌbʊʃ /

any of various shrubs or bushes having spines or thorns.

Origin of thornbush

1300–50; Middle English. See thorn, bush¹

Bray was often himself obliged to seek the friendly aid of a manzanita or thornbush to support them.

From Sand Hill to Pine |Bret Harte
Jack had just made this discovery when he noticed something fluttering from a thornbush.

The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone |Richard Bonner
A thornbush where fairies meet is a 'gentle bush': the hazel and the foxglove (fairy-thimble) are gentle plants.

English As We Speak It in Ireland |P. W. Joyce
Well, do you see the low hill beyond with the thornbush upon it?

The Hound of the Baskervilles |A. Conan Doyle

That of the lamb which was found in the thornbush and placed upon the altar.

The Arts and Crafts of Older Spain, Volume III (of 3) |Leonard Williams