sweetbrier
/sweet-brahy-er/US // ˈswitˌbraɪ ər //UK // (ˈswiːtˌbraɪə) //
甜叶草,甜菜,甜菜花,甜叶
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a rose, Rosa eglanteria, of Europe and central Asia, having a tall stem, stout, hooked prickles often mixed with bristles, and single, pink flowers.
Examples
The bush of sweetbrier, underneath the window, scented the place, and the delicious fragrance reminded her of her old home.
And then Polly got some white lilies, and I got some sweetbrier sprigs, and laid round her in the coffin.
Eglantine, one of the names of the sweetbrier (Rosa rubiginosa), a kind of wild rose.
He now gave us some roses and sweetbrier, and let us out from his pleasant garden.
The window was open, and the sweetbrier and the rose-vines made a very pretty frame for the delicate young face.
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