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sweetbrier

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sweet·bri·er also sweet·bri·ar  (swtbrr)
n.
A Eurasian rose (Rosa eglanteria) having prickly stems, fragrant leaves, bright pink flowers, and scarlet hips. Also called eglantine.
sweetbrier [ˈswiːtˌbraɪə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a Eurasian rose, Rosa rubiginosa, having a tall bristly stem, fragrant leaves, and single pink flowers Also called eglantine
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Noun1.sweetbriersweetbrier - Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
briar, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria, sweetbriar, brier
rose, rosebush - any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses


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