sweetbrier

or sweet·bri·ar

[ sweet-brahy-er ]

/ ˈswitˌbraɪ ər /

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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.

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Origin of sweetbrier

First recorded in 1530–40; sweet + brier¹

Words nearby sweetbrier

sweet-and-sour, sweet basil, sweet bay, sweet birch, sweetbread, sweetbrier, sweet cherry, sweet chestnut, sweet cicely, sweet cider, sweet clover

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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 Gaskell
And then Polly got some white lilies, and I got some sweetbrier sprigs, and laid round her in the coffin.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866|Various
Eglantine, one of the names of the sweetbrier (Rosa rubiginosa), a kind of wild rose.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia|Various
He now gave us some roses and sweetbrier, and let us out from his pleasant garden.
Our Old Home, Vol. 2|Nathaniel Hawthorne

The 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

sweetbrier

/ (ˈswiːtˌbraɪə) /

noun

a Eurasian rose, Rosa rubiginosa, having a tall bristly stem, fragrant leaves, and single pink flowersAlso called: eglantine

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