eglantine
/ˈɛɡlənˌtaɪn/
noun
- A wild rose with sweet-smelling pink flowers and prickly stems, also called sweetbrier.
- She planted eglantine along the fence to attract butterflies and bees.
- In the poem, the speaker compares his love to an eglantine in bloom.
- The eglantine climbed over the old stone wall, filling the air with its fragrance.
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