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Rosa eglanteria

Rosa eglanteria

9.9
A wild rose with prickly stems, sweet-smelling leaves, bright pink flowers, and red fruit
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : rosa eglanteria
  • The garden featured a beautiful Rosa eglanteria hedge, famous for its fragrant leaves.

Examples

  • She planted Rosa eglanteria to attract birds with its scarlet hips in autumn.

  • The Rosa eglanteria blooms beautifully in the spring.

  • Many poets have referred to the delicate scent of Rosa eglanteria in their verses.

  • Look at that Rosa eglanteria!

  • The garden featured a beautiful Rosa eglanteria hedge, famous for its fragrant leaves.

  • She planted Rosa eglanteria to attract birds with its scarlet hips in autumn.

  • Many poets have referred to the delicate scent of Rosa eglanteria in their verses.

Synonyms

sweetbrier
vsRosa eglanteria
  • US
1 9.5

A wild rose with prickly stems, sweet-smelling leaves, pink flowers, and red hips

is the formal species name rather than a casual description
eglantine
vsRosa eglanteria
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A wild rose with prickly stems, sweet-smelling leaves, pink flowers, and small red fruit

is the particular species name used here rather than that alternate label
sweetbriar
vsRosa eglanteria
  • UK
9.8

A wild rose with prickly stems, sweet-smelling leaves, pink flowers, and red fruit

is the scientific species name rather than a garden label

Surface Forms

Rosa eglanteria singular
Rosa eglanterias plural

Morphology

Rosa + eglanteria

The element 'Rosa' transparently signals the genus (a rose), so a learner who recognises that part can infer the expression denotes a type of rose. However 'eglanteria' is not a common, semantically transparent English word (and is a species epithet), so the specific attributes (sweet briar, fragrant leaves, hips) are not derivable from the parts, making the overall expression only partially transparent.

Etymology

Rosa eglanteria is the name of a wild rose also called 'sweet briar'; Rosa means 'rose' and eglanteria comes from an old word for 'sweet briar' because the leaves smell sweet when you rub them and the plant makes bright red 'hips' that attract birds. So the name points to the plant's sweet scent and red fruits.