wild brier

American  

noun

1. the dog rose, Rosa canina.

2. the sweetbrier, Rosa eglanteria.

3. any other brier growing wild.

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wild brier British  

noun

1. another name for wild rose

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Example Sentences

I have some favorite flowers in spring, among which are the mountain daisy, the harebell, the foxglove, the wild brier rose, the budding birch, and the hoary hawthorn, that I view and hang over with particular delight.

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I pass'd by his garden, and saw the wild brier, The thorn, and the thistle grow broader and higher; The clothes that hang on him are turning to rags; And his money still wastes, till he starves or he begs.

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Dog-rose, the Rosa canīna, or wild brier, nat. ord.

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The tessellated shadow of the honeysuckle lies motionless upon my study floor, as if it were a figure in the carpet; and through the open window comes the fragrance of the wild brier and the mock orange.

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I pass'd by his garden and saw the wild brier, The thorn and the thistle grow broader and higher; The clothes that hang on him are turning to rags, And his money still wastes, till he starves or he begs.

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