These are small shrubs with thorny, tangling branches and white flowers.

The village itself was completely surrounded by a stone wall crowned with thorny branches.

She broke off dry thorny branches that tore her scarred hands.

The thorny branches of the bush were densely intertwined, and grew so close to the ground that there seemed to be no way through them.

He grabbed the trellis and pulled himself up between the thorny branches.

But the tangle of thorny branches grew wilder, and he turned back to seek another approach.

When he pushed back the thorny branches she had darted away.

In order to protect pregnant women from becoming victims before delivery, their relatives place thorny branches around the house.

Brewster reached out and stuck his hand into its thorny branches.

It started rubbing its thorny little branches against Brewster's legs.