eglantine
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- noun
- /ˈɛɡləntaɪn/
- Archaic
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eglántina
- White hawthorn, and the pastoral eglantine Fast fading violets covered up in leaves
- eglantine rose
Examples
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EGLANTINE.
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I know a bank where the wild thy me blows, where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, quite over canopied with the luscious woodbine, with sweet musk-roses and with eglantine.
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A MISS EGLANTINE PRICE, A CHARMING YOUNG WOMAN OF MY ACQUAINTANCE.
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EGLANTINE.
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I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, where oxlips and the nodding Violet grows, quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, with sweet musk-roses and with eglantine:
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A number of dramas faced this outcome, including Lady Eglantine Wallace's The Ton; or Follies of Fashion (1788), which similarly targeted aristocratic dissipation and survived for only three performances.
Academic text (2016) -
The eglantine has beautiful bright pink flowers that attract many pollinators.
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In spring, the eglantine bushes are covered with fragrant pink blossoms.
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Eglantine is often admired for its lovely scent and vibrant scarlet hips.
Synonyms
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A wild rose with prickly stems, sweet-smelling leaves, pink flowers, and red hips
A wild rose with prickly stems, sweet-smelling leaves, bright pink flowers, and red fruit
A wild rose with prickly stems, sweet-smelling leaves, pink flowers, and red fruit
Surface Forms
Etymology
Eglantine comes from an old French name for the sweetbriar rose, a wild plant known for its 'sweet-smelling' leaves and sharp thorns. Think of the simpler word briar, which means a 'thorny bush', and that helps explain why eglantine refers to a fragrant, prickly wild rose.