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

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

A smell of fur mingled with odors of sweetbrier and loam.

From The Cobbler In The Devil's Kitchen From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899 by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell

I made a nosegay of blue violets and sweetbrier leaves; I regaled myself with wintergreens in memory of my childhood; I wrote up my note-book; but never a blue feather did I see.

From Little Brothers of the Air by Miller, Olive Thorne

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 Both, Armand