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.
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How to use sweetbrier in a sentence
The bush of sweetbrier, underneath the window, scented the place, and the delicious fragrance reminded her of her old home.
Ruth | Elizabeth Cleghorn GaskellAnd then Polly got some white lilies, and I got some sweetbrier sprigs, and laid round her in the coffin.
Eglantine, one of the names of the sweetbrier (Rosa rubiginosa), a kind of wild rose.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia | VariousHe now gave us some roses and sweetbrier, and let us out from his pleasant garden.
Our Old Home, Vol. 2 | Nathaniel HawthorneThe window was open, and the sweetbrier and the rose-vines made a very pretty frame for the delicate young face.
Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters | May Agnes Fleming
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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