sweetbrier

American  

[sweet-brahy-er] / ˈswitˌbraɪ ər /

Or sweetbriar

noun

1. 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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sweetbrier British  

/ ˈswiːtˌbraɪə /

noun

1. Also called: eglantine.  a Eurasian rose, Rosa rubiginosa, having a tall bristly stem, fragrant leaves, and single pink flowers

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Etymology

Origin of sweetbrier

First recorded in 1530–40; sweet + brier ¹

Example Sentences

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sweetbrier

And every morning, Hassan placed a flower on the little mound by the sweetbrier bushes.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

We find the little turtle behind tangles of sweetbrier in the yard.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

Then, olive woods again, with a foam, of field-flowers spraying their gnarled feet, hedges of sweetbrier, tangled with tall, wild lilacs, and blossoming thorn.

From The Car of Destiny by Armand Both

The leaf of every tree, shrub, and plant, she knew familiarly and lovingly in its own characteristic beauty; and she was loth to shake one dewdrop from the sweetbrier rose.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by John Lyde Wilson

The window was open, and there came up a faint scent of sweetbrier and wall-flowers in soft, balmy gusts, driven into the room by the April night wind.

From The First Violin A Novel by Jessie Fothergill