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Meaning of SWEETBRIER

Pronunciation:  'sweet`brIur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
 
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 Synonyms: briar, brier, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria, sweetbriar
 
 See Also: rose

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sweet"bri`er\, n. (Bot.)
A kind of rose ({Rosa rubiginosa}) with minutely glandular
and fragrant foliage. The small-flowered sweetbrier is {Rosa
micrantha}.
 

 

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