bush lawyer

noun

Any member of the species of climbing blackberry plants in subgenus Rubus subg. Micranthobatus, found in New Zealand.

Similar
lawyerbushlawyer bushRubus cissoidesRubus australis

Meanings

nounbush lawyer (plural bush lawyers)

plural bush lawyers

  1. Any member of the species of climbing blackberry plants in subgenus Rubus subg. Micranthobatus, found in New Zealand.
  2. AustraliaNew ZealandOne who is not qualified in law yet attempts to expound on legal matters.
  3. New ZealandhistoricalA mining agent.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounstout-stemmed trailing shrub of New Zealand that scrambles over other growth

Similar
lawyerbushlawyer bushRubus cissoidesRubus australis
Broader
bramble bush
Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

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