eglantine (redirected from eglantines)

eg·lan·tine  (gln-tn, -tn)

n.

See sweetbrier.

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[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.]

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Noun

1.

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