sweetbrier

or sweet·bri·ar

[ sweet-brahy-er ]

noun
  1. 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

1
First recorded in 1530–40; sweet + brier1

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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 Winterburn
  • The fragrance of unseen flowers—sweetbriar and rose as well as ripening fruit—came up from the garden.

  • One 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 Jekyll
  • Then when they had rested, they tumbled, fluttered, and sprawled to the tops of the sweetbriar bushes underneath.

    Dooryard Stories | Clara Dillingham Pierson
  • Then 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

sweetbrier

/ (ˈswiːtˌbraɪə) /


noun
  1. a Eurasian rose, Rosa rubiginosa, having a tall bristly stem, fragrant leaves, and single pink flowers: Also called: eglantine

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