- Eglantine/sweet-briar
- A type of wild rose, with sweet-smelling flowers and leaves, also known as sweet-briar. Frodo and Sam found it growing in Ithilien as they journeyed through that land.
J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth glossary. MueRTe. 2003.
Eglantine/sweet-briar
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eglantine — sweet briar, c.1400, from Fr. églantine, from O.Fr. aiglent dog rose, from V.L. *aquilentus rich in prickles, from L. aculeus spine, prickle, dim. of acus needle (see ACUITY (Cf. acuity)) … Etymology dictionary
Eglantine — may refer to:* Eglantine rose, Rosa rubiginosa, also Sweet briar People * Fabre d Églantine, French actor, dramatist, and politician of the French Revolution * Églantine Éméyé, French tv presenter and journalist Fictional characters * Madame… … Wikipedia
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sweetbriar — noun Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips • Syn: ↑sweetbrier, ↑brier, ↑briar, ↑eglantine, ↑Rosa eglanteria • Hypernyms: ↑rose, ↑rosebush * * * … Useful english dictionary
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rose — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. deep pink, reddish, rose colored, rosy, dawn tinted, flushed; see also pink , red . n. Kinds of roses include: wild, tea, miniature, climbing tea, hybrid tea, hybrid perpetual, rugosa, hybrid rugosa, polyantha, sweet… … English dictionary for students
sweetbrier — /sweet bruy euhr/, n. a rose, Rosa eglanteria, of Europe and central Asia, having a tall stem, stout, hooked prickles often mixed with bristles, and single, pink flowers. Also, sweetbriar. [1530 40; SWEET + BRIER1] * * * or eglantine Small,… … Universalium
Garden roses — are mostly hybrid roses that are grown as ornamental plants in private or public gardens. They are one of the most popular and widely cultivated group of flowering plants, especially in temperate climates. Numerous cultivars have been produced,… … Wikipedia
sweetbriar — /switˈbraɪə/ (say sweet bruyuh) noun a rosaceous shrub, Rosa rubiginosa, of Eurasia, now widely naturalised in temperate regions, having hooked prickles often mixed with bristles, and single pink flowers; eglantine. Also, sweetbrier, briar …
