Definition of Sweetbriar

1. Noun. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips.

Exact synonyms: Briar, Brier, Eglantine, Rosa Eglanteria, Sweetbrier
Generic synonyms: Rose, Rosebush

Definition of Sweetbriar

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweetbriar

sweet tooths
sweet unicorn plant
sweet vermouth
sweet vetch
sweet violet
sweet wattle
sweet white violet
sweet williams
sweet woodruff
sweet wormwood
sweet young thing
sweetbox
sweetbread
sweetbreads
sweetbriar (current term)
sweetbriars
sweetbrier
sweetbriers
sweetcheeks
sweetcorn
sweetcorns
sweetcure
sweete
sweeted
sweeten
sweeten the pot
sweeten up
sweetened
sweetener

Literary usage of Sweetbriar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1808)
"Mademoiselle Theodore Oliver Cromwell Florizel King Herod. sweetbriar.. Gimcrack. ... Curiosity, by Snap 1777 Sister to sweetbriar, by Syphon .. 1778 . ..."

2. The "new Chum" in Australia, Or, The Scenery, Life, and Manners of by Percy Clarke (1886)
"CHAPTER XX. Bass's Straits.—A Double Signification.—The Tamar.—The Boat walks ashore.—The Cabman and his Wiles.—The sweetbriar, its Poetry and Prose. ..."

3. Caedmon's Vision and Other Poems by Sarson C. J. Ingham (1882)
"... On the lawns and white walks tracing the rare foliage of the trees. * sweetbriar (eglantine). In the language of flowers, the emblem of poetic fame. ..."

4. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1808)
"Mademoiselle Theodore Oliver Cromwell Florizel King Herod. sweetbriar.. Gimcrack. ... Curiosity, by Snap 1777 Sister to sweetbriar, by Syphon .. 1778 . ..."

5. The "new Chum" in Australia, Or, The Scenery, Life, and Manners of by Percy Clarke (1886)
"CHAPTER XX. Bass's Straits.—A Double Signification.—The Tamar.—The Boat walks ashore.—The Cabman and his Wiles.—The sweetbriar, its Poetry and Prose. ..."

6. Caedmon's Vision and Other Poems by Sarson C. J. Ingham (1882)
"... On the lawns and white walks tracing the rare foliage of the trees. * sweetbriar (eglantine). In the language of flowers, the emblem of poetic fame. ..."

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