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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. 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.