n. A Eurasian rose, Rosa eglanteria, having prickly stems, fragrant leaves, pink flowers and red hips
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. See Sweetbrier.
n. A kind of rose (Rosa rubiginosa) with minutely glandular and fragrant foliage. The small-flowered sweetbrier is Rosa micrantha.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The; eglantine, Rosa rubiginosa, a native of Europe and central Asia, introduced in the eastern United States.
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n. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
Word Usage
"His wife led the way up a little winding path, which, after threading some thickets of sweetbrier and honeysuckle, conducted to the back-door of a small garden."