Bramble Jam

Rubus

Rubus is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, subfamily Rosoideae, most commonly known as brambles. Fruits of various species are known as raspberries, blackberries, dewberries, cloudberries, and bristleberries. It is a diverse genus, and estimates of the number of Rubus species vary from 250 to over 1,000, found across all continents except Antarctica.

Fruit preserves

Fruit preserves are preparations of fruits whose main preserving agent is sugar and sometimes acid, often stored in glass jars and used as a condiment or spread.

bramble

Noun

1. Any of many closely related thorny plants in the genus Rubus including the blackberry and likely not including the raspberry proper.
2. Any thorny shrub.

Verb

1. To pick or collect blackberries from brambles.

jam

Symbol

1. ISO 639-3 language code for Jamaican Creole.

Noun

1. A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts
2. A difficult situation.