sweetbriar

noun

sweet·​bri·​ar ˈswēt-ˌbrī(-ə)r 

variants or sweetbrier

: an Old World rose (especially Rosa rubiginosa synonym R. eleganteria) with stout recurved prickles and white to deep rosy-pink single flowers

called also eglantine

Word History

First Known Use

1538, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

sweetbriar

noun

sweet·​bri·​ar

variants also sweetbrier

-ˌbrī(-ə)r 

: a rose with stout curved prickles and white to deep rosy pink flowers

called also eglantine