sweetbrier
noun
a rose, Rosa eglanteria, of Europe and central Asia, having a tall stem, stout, hooked prickles often mixed with bristles, and single, pink flowers.
sweetbriar
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a variation of
sweetbrier.
Example Sentences
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By the water-brook she's standing, Where the purple violets grow, Where the wind-flower and sweetbriar, And the starry woodbines blow.
From Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 by Various
Even to-day we find people taking from their old homes a root of sweetbriar, or a pot of shamrock or heather, a cutting of southernwood or of lilac.
From The Childhood of Rome by Louise Lamprey
In some localities in the North there are clearings submerged under whins or sweetbriar, and there are forests of thistles, which march onward and devour all before them.
From Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand by William Delisle Hay
But the rose is of another and higher order than the corn, and you never saw a cornfield overrun with sweetbriar or apple-blossom.
From Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers by John Ruskin
Now, every one knows that the Cheltenham walks are hedged with sweetbriar.
From Dilemmas of Pride, (Vol 2 of 3) by Margracia Loudon
