Definition of Rosa eglanteria

1. Noun. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips.

Exact synonyms: Briar, Brier, Eglantine, Sweetbriar, Sweetbrier
Generic synonyms: Rose, Rosebush

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rosa Eglanteria

Rorippa amphibia
Rorippa islandica
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum
Rorschach
Rorschach test
Rorschach tests
Rortyan
Rory
Ros
Rosa
Rosa Parks
Rosa banksia
Rosa canina
Rosa chinensis
Rosa damascena
Rosa eglanteria (current term)
Rosa laevigata
Rosa moschata
Rosa multiflora
Rosa odorata
Rosa pendulina
Rosa spithamaea
Rosaceae
Rosai-Dorman disease
Rosaleen
Rosalie
Rosalind
Rosaline
Rosalyn
Rosamond

Literary usage of Rosa eglanteria

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Old-fashioned Gardening: A History and a Reconstruction by Grace Tabor (1913)
"Rosa eglanteria, plena; double yellow rose. Rosa eglanteria, punicea; yellow, scarlet inside. * Rosa Gallica, European wild rose; deep pink to crimson. ..."

2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Rosa eglanteria Mill. Diet. Ed. 8, no. 4. 1768. Not L. 1753. with stout recurved prickles. Stipules rather broad; rachis Slender, 4°-6° high, ..."

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