eglantine
the sweetbrier.
Origin of eglantine
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How to use eglantine in a sentence
There can be no doubt that the eglantine in his time was the Sweet Brier—his notice of the sweet leaf makes this certain.
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare | Henry Nicholson EllacombeOver the water before her hung an eglantine bush, with its many roses either budding or but just out.
The Water of the Wondrous Isles | William MorrisVioletta quickly finished her wreath of eglantine, and dropped it lightly on Ilaria's brow.
The Hill of Venus | Nathan Galliziereglantine, one of the names of the sweetbrier (Rosa rubiginosa), a kind of wild rose.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia | VariousThis division includes all the eglantine, or Sweet-brier Roses.
Parsons on the Rose | Samuel Browne Parsons
British Dictionary definitions for eglantine
/ (ˈɛɡlənˌtaɪn) /
another name for sweetbrier
Origin of eglantine
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