| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| sweetbrier |
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| SYLLABICATION: | sweet·bri·er |
| PRONUNCIATION: | sw t br  r |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also sweet·bri·ar |
| NOUN: | A Eurasian rose (Rosa eglanteria) having prickly stems, fragrant leaves, bright pink flowers, and scarlet hips. Also called eglantine.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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