Eglantine

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  • noun. undefined
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A stone of the hardness and grain of marble.
  • noun. The sweetbrier, Rosa rubiginosa. It flowers in June and July, and grows in dry, bushy places.
  • noun. The wild rose or dogrose, Rosa canina.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A species of rose (Rosa Eglanteria), with fragrant foliage and flowers of various colors.
  • noun. The sweetbrier (R. rubiginosa).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A Eurasian rose, Rosa eglanteria, having prickly stems, fragrant leaves, pink flowers and red hips
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. 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."
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