eglantine

See also: églantine

English

Etymology

From French églantine, Middle English eglentyn, from Old French aiglantin (adj.), from Old French aiglent 'sweetbrier', from Latin aculentus (with the ending of Latin spinulentus 'thorny, prickly'), from Latin aculeus 'prickle', from Latin acus 'needle'.

Noun

eglantine (plural eglantines)

A Eurasian rose, Rosa eglanteria, having prickly stems, fragrant leaves, pink flowers and red hips
- 1820, John Keats, "Isabell; or, The Pot of Basil", XXIX:
  Come down, we pray thee, ere the hot sun count
  His dewy rosary on the eglantine.

Synonyms

sweetbrier

Translations

rose

Bulgarian: дива роза f (diva roza)
Esperanto: eglanterio

French: églantine (fr) f
Latvian: smaržlapu roze f, ego (lv)

Anagrams

Galentine, elegantin, inelegant, legantine