eglantine

eg·lan·tine

E0055600 (ĕg′lən-tīn′, -tēn′)n. See sweetbrier.

[Middle English eglentin, from Old French eglantine, diminutive of aiglent, from Vulgar Latin *aculentum, from neuter of *aculentus, spiny, from Latin aculeus, spine, from acus, needle; see ak- in Indo-European roots.]

eglantine

(ˈɛɡlənˌtaɪn) n (Plants) another name for sweetbrier[C14: from Old French aiglent, ultimately from Latin acus needle, from acer sharp, keen]

eg•lan•tine

(ˈɛg lənˌtaɪn, -ˌtin)

n. the sweetbrier. [1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French; Old French aiglent (< Vulgar Latin *aculentum, neuter of *aculentus prickly = Latin acu(s) needle + -lentus adj. suffix) + -ine -ine¹]

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Noun

eglantine - Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hipsbriar, Rosa eglanteria, sweetbriar, sweetbrier, brierrose, rosebush - any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses

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eglantine

(ĕg`ləntīn), name for various kinds of 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. (family Rosaceae), chiefly sweetbriersweetbrier,
sweetbriar,
or eglantine
[O. Fr. from Lat.,=needle], wild rose of Europe (Rosa eglanteria), cultivated and now naturalized in the United States.
..... Click the link for more information. , and for a honeysucklehoneysuckle,
common name for some members of the Caprifoliaceae, a family comprised mostly of vines and shrubs of the Northern Hemisphere, especially abundant in E Asia and E North America.
..... Click the link for more information. (family Caprifoliaceae). The name eglantine has been much used in English poetry.

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Synonyms for eglantine

noun Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips

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