sweetbrier
or sweet·bri·ar
a rose, Rosa eglanteria, of Europe and central Asia, having a tall stem, stout, hooked prickles often mixed with bristles, and single, pink flowers.
Origin of sweetbrier
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How to use sweetbrier in a sentence
In a second he caught a breath of that incense which filled the heart of the sweetbriar rose.
Southern Hearts | Florence Hull WinterburnThe fragrance of unseen flowers—sweetbriar and rose as well as ripening fruit—came up from the garden.
The Woman Thou Gavest Me | Hall CaineOne is a Sweetbriar, in all ways like the native one, except that the flowers are nearly white, and the hips are larger.
Wood and Garden | Gertrude JekyllThen when they had rested, they tumbled, fluttered, and sprawled to the tops of the sweetbriar bushes underneath.
Dooryard Stories | Clara Dillingham PiersonThen suddenly you came upon it—a sweetbriar bush, hidden away in a lonely and lowly spot.
The White Queen of Okoyong | W.P. Livingstone
British Dictionary definitions for sweetbrier
/ (ˈswiːtˌbraɪə) /
a Eurasian rose, Rosa rubiginosa, having a tall bristly stem, fragrant leaves, and single pink flowers: Also called: eglantine
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