What's the difference between eglantine and sweetbrier?

Eglantine


Definition:

  • (n.) A species of rose (Rosa Eglanteria), with fragrant foliage and flowers of various colors.
  • (n.) The sweetbrier (R. rubiginosa).

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We hurtled into Barcelona at speeds that should have torn Eglantine's juddering Peugeot 205 apart.
  • (2) The driver, who arrived in an explosion of laughter and messy blond hair, was an irrepressible force of nature who went by the name of Eglantine.
  • (3) A day later, I reconvened with Eglantine and her squatter friends to explore the city's Barrio Gótico.

Sweetbrier


Definition:

  • (n.) A kind of rose (Rosa rubiginosa) with minutely glandular and fragrant foliage. The small-flowered sweetbrier is Rosa micrantha.

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