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R rubiginosa

Eglantine \Eg"lan*tine\, n. [F. ['e]glantine, fr. OF. aiglent brier, hip tree, fr. (assumed) LL. acuculentus, fr. a dim. of L. acus needle; cf. F. aiguille needle. Cf. Aglet.] (Bot.)

  1. A species of rose ( Rosa Eglanteria), with fragrant foliage and flowers of various colors.

  2. The sweetbrier ( R. rubiginosa).

    Note: Milton, in the following lines, has applied the name to some twining plant, perhaps the honeysuckle.

    Through the sweetbrier, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine.
    --L'Allegro, 47. ``In our early writers and in Gerarde and the herbalists, it was a shrub with white flowers.''
    --Dr. Prior.