sweetbrier

/ˌswitˈbraɪər/
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Other forms: sweetbriers

Definitions of sweetbrier
  1. noun
    Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
    synonyms: Rosa eglanteria, briar, brier, eglantine, sweetbriar
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    type of:
    rose, rosebush
    any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
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