Definition of "sweetbrier" [sweet•bri•er]

• A Eurasian rose (Rosa eglanteria) having prickly stems, fragrant leaves, bright pink flowers, and scarlet hips. Also called eglantine. (noun)

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• "His wife led the way up a little winding path, which, after threading some thickets of sweetbrier and honeysuckle, conducted to the back-door of a small garden."
• "The scent of pink clover mingled with the odor of grasses and the delicate perfume of sweetbrier."
• "For the rest, a bit of honeysuckle was trained up one side of the porch, and at the small wooden gate there were two bushes of sweetbrier that filled the warm air with fragrance."