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Eglantine

Eglantine Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Eglantine? [n] Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips Synonyms \| Synonyms for Eglantine: briar \| brier \| Rosa eglanteria \| sweetbriar \| sweetbrier Related Terms \| Find terms related to Eglantine: See Also \| rose Eglantine In Webster's Dictionary \Eg"lan*tine\, n. [F. ['e]glantine, fr. OF. aiglent brier, hip tree, fr. (assumed) LL. acuculentus, fr. a dim. of L. acus needle; cf. F. aiguille needle. Cf. {Aglet}.] (Bot.) (a) A species of rose ({Rosa Eglanteria}), with fragrant foliage and flowers of various colors. (b) The sweetbrier ({R. rubiginosa}). Note: Milton, in the following lines, has applied the name to some twinning plant, perhaps the honeysuckle. Through the sweetbrier, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine. --L'Allegro, 47. ``In our early writers and in Gerarde and the herbalists, it was a shrub with white flowers.'' --Dr. Prior.

Eglantine Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Eglantine?

[n] Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips

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See Also | rose

Eglantine In Webster's Dictionary

\Eg"lan*tine\, n. [F. ['e]glantine, fr. OF. aiglent
brier, hip tree, fr. (assumed) LL. acuculentus, fr. a dim. of
L. acus needle; cf. F. aiguille needle. Cf. {Aglet}.] (Bot.)
(a) A species of rose ({Rosa Eglanteria}), with fragrant
    foliage and flowers of various colors.
(b) The sweetbrier ({R. rubiginosa}).

Note: Milton, in the following lines, has applied the name to
      some twinning plant, perhaps the honeysuckle.

            Through the sweetbrier, or the vine, Or the
            twisted eglantine.                 --L'Allegro,
                                               47.
      ``In our early writers and in Gerarde and the
      herbalists, it was a shrub with white flowers.'' --Dr.
      Prior.

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