\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.