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

"Give these ribbons to her when you ride home, and tell her the knot sends them to the sweetbrier."

From A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties by Major, Charles

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 Fothergill, Jessie

But sure as another morning came, back would come the birds too, looking with their little bright eyes all about the cottage, and always settling at last on that one sweetbrier branch.

From Violet: A Fairy Story by Guild, Caroline Snowden