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Eglantine

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. See sweetbrier.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

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. A species of rose (Rosa Eglanteria), with fragrant foliage and flowers of various colors.

n. The sweetbrier (R. rubiginosa).

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The sweetbrier, Rosa rubiginosa. It flowers in June and July, and grows in dry, bushy places.

n. The wild rose or dogrose, Rosa canina.

n. A stone of the hardness and grain of marble.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips

Word Usage

"The pale primrose, that flower most like thy face; the bluebell, like thy clear veins; and the leaf of eglantine, which is not sweeter than was thy breath; all these will I strew over thee."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

rose rosebush

Cross Reference

eglantine gall

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

sweetbrier

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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