SWEETBRIER

sweetbrier, sweetbriar, brier, briar, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria

(noun) Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sweetbrier (plural sweetbriers)

A Eurasian rose, Rosa eglanteria, having prickly stems, fragrant leaves, pink flowers and red hips

Synonyms

• eglantine

Source: Wiktionary


Sweet"bri`er, n. (Bot.)

Definition: A kind of rose (Rosa rubiginosa) with minutely glandular and fragrant foliage. The small-flowered sweetbrier is Rosa micrantha.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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