sweetbrier

  • 11Rosa rubiginosa — Sweetbrier Sweet bri er, n. (Bot.) A kind of rose ({Rosa rubiginosa}) with minutely glandular and fragrant foliage. The small flowered sweetbrier is {Rosa micrantha}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 12wild brier — noun : an uncultivated species of brier: as a. : dog rose b. : sweetbrier * * * 1. the dog rose, Rosa canina. 2. the sweetbrier, Rosa eglanteria. 3. any other brier growing wild …

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  • 13Eglantine — Eg lan*tine, n. [F. [ e]glantine, fr. OF. aiglent brier, hip tree, fr. (assumed) LL. acuculentus, fr. a dim. of L. acus needle; cf. F. aiguille needle. Cf. {Aglet}.] (Bot.) (a) A species of rose ({Rosa Eglanteria}), with fragrant foliage and… …

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  • 14R rubiginosa — Eglantine Eg lan*tine, n. [F. [ e]glantine, fr. OF. aiglent brier, hip tree, fr. (assumed) LL. acuculentus, fr. a dim. of L. acus needle; cf. F. aiguille needle. Cf. {Aglet}.] (Bot.) (a) A species of rose ({Rosa Eglanteria}), with fragrant… …

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  • 15Rosa Eglanteria — Eglantine Eg lan*tine, n. [F. [ e]glantine, fr. OF. aiglent brier, hip tree, fr. (assumed) LL. acuculentus, fr. a dim. of L. acus needle; cf. F. aiguille needle. Cf. {Aglet}.] (Bot.) (a) A species of rose ({Rosa Eglanteria}), with fragrant… …

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  • 16sweetbriar — noun Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips • Syn: ↑sweetbrier, ↑brier, ↑briar, ↑eglantine, ↑Rosa eglanteria • Hypernyms: ↑rose, ↑rosebush * * * …

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  • 17wild rose — noun 1. : any of various roses growing wild: as a. : sweetbrier b. : swamp rose 2. : a dark pink that is bluer and deeper than dusty coral and stronger and slightly lighter than colonial rose * * * any native species of rose, usually havi …

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  • 18Accentor modularis — Hedge Hedge, n. [OE. hegge, AS. hecg; akin to haga an inclosure, E. haw, AS. hege hedge, E. haybote, D. hegge, OHG. hegga, G. hecke. [root]12. See {Haw} a hedge.] A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a… …

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  • 19Bedegar — Bedeguar Bed e*guar, Bedegar Bed e*gar, n. [F., fr. Per. b[=a]d [=a]ward, or b[=a]d [=a]wardag, prop., a kind of white thorn or thistle.] A gall produced on rosebushes, esp. on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a… …

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  • 20Bedeguar — Bed e*guar, Bedegar Bed e*gar, n. [F., fr. Per. b[=a]d [=a]ward, or b[=a]d [=a]wardag, prop., a kind of white thorn or thistle.] A gall produced on rosebushes, esp. on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a gallfly… …

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