Eglantine
noun
A kind of rose with sweet-smelling pink or white flowers.
The eglantine is blooming in the back garden.

Often appears as...
- blooming eglantine
- fragrant eglantine
noun
A type of shrub from the rose family that usually has thorns.
Be careful when you go near the eglantine, it may prick you.

Often appears as...
- prickly eglantine
- wild eglantine
noun
A kind of rose with sweet-smelling pink or white flowers.
The eglantine is blooming in the back garden.

Often appears as...
- blooming eglantine
- fragrant eglantine
noun
A type of shrub from the rose family that usually has thorns.
Be careful when you go near the eglantine, it may prick you.

Often appears as...
- prickly eglantine
- wild eglantine
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Poetic Usage
Eglantine is often used in poetry to symbolize beauty or to evoke pastoral scenes.

The poet described the garden, where the eglantine twined elegantly around the arbor.
Sensory Imagery
Use 'eglantine' to appeal to senses, describing its visual beauty or sweet smell in creative writing.

The sweet scent of eglantine filled the air, a herald of spring.
Literary Reference
Eglantine is found in classic literature, where it may hold symbolic value or convey historical settings.

Shakespeare mentions eglantine in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' for its romantic associations.
Poetic Usage
Eglantine is often used in poetry to symbolize beauty or to evoke pastoral scenes.

The poet described the garden, where the eglantine twined elegantly around the arbor.
Sensory Imagery
Use 'eglantine' to appeal to senses, describing its visual beauty or sweet smell in creative writing.

The sweet scent of eglantine filled the air, a herald of spring.
Literary Reference
Eglantine is found in classic literature, where it may hold symbolic value or convey historical settings.

Shakespeare mentions eglantine in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' for its romantic associations.
Poetic Usage
Eglantine is often used in poetry to symbolize beauty or to evoke pastoral scenes.

The poet described the garden, where the eglantine twined elegantly around the arbor.
Sensory Imagery
Use 'eglantine' to appeal to senses, describing its visual beauty or sweet smell in creative writing.

The sweet scent of eglantine filled the air, a herald of spring.
Literary Reference
Eglantine is found in classic literature, where it may hold symbolic value or convey historical settings.

Shakespeare mentions eglantine in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' for its romantic associations.
Quote examples
Dorothea Dix
American Activist
What child has ever known the country and has not twined hundreds of fragrant wreaths with the yellow shining cowslip and the more frail and delicate violet - mingling here and there green leaves culled from the odorous eglantine, or, as we more commonly call it, sweetbriar.

Quote examples
Dorothea Dix
American Activist
What child has ever known the country and has not twined hundreds of fragrant wreaths with the yellow shining cowslip and the more frail and delicate violet - mingling here and there green leaves culled from the odorous eglantine, or, as we more commonly call it, sweetbriar.

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