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sweetbrierenUK
sweet·bri·er also sweet·bri·ar S0939800 (swēt′brī′ər)n. A rose (Rosa rubiginosa syn. R. eglanteria) native to Eurasia, having prickly stems, fragrant leaves, bright pink flowers, and scarlet hips. Also called eglantine.sweetbrier or sweetbriarn (Plants) a Eurasian rose, Rosa rubiginosa, having a tall bristly stem, fragrant leaves, and single pink flowers. Also called: eglantine sweet•bri•er or sweet•bri•ar (ˈswitˌbraɪ ər) n. a Eurasian rose, Rosa eglanteria, having a tall stem with stout, hooked prickles and single, pink flowers. Also called eglantine. [1530–40] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | sweetbrier - Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hipsbriar, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria, sweetbriar, brierrose, rosebush - any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses |
sweetbrierenUK
sweetbrier, sweetbriar, or eglantine (ĕg`ləntīn, –tēn) [O. Fr. from Lat.,=needle], wild roserose, common name for some members of the Rosaceae, a large family of herbs, shrubs, and trees distributed over most of the earth, and for plants of the genus Rosa, the true roses. ..... Click the link for more information. of Europe (Rosa eglanteria), cultivated and now naturalized in the United States. The bush has fragrant foliage, and in the spring it has pink blossoms (usually single), which are followed by rose hips sometimes used in preserves. Sweetbrier is classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta , division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem). ..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Rosaceae.sweetbrier a Eurasian rose, Rosa rubiginosa, having a tall bristly stem, fragrant leaves, and single pink flowers sweetbrierenUK Related to sweetbrier: Rosa eglanteriaSynonyms for sweetbriernoun Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hipsSynonyms- briar
- eglantine
- Rosa eglanteria
- sweetbriar
- brier
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