wild brier

noun

1. the dog rose, Rosa canina.
2. the sweetbrier, Rosa eglanteria.
3. any other brier growing wild.

wild brier

noun

1. another name for wild rose

Example Sentences

I have some favorite flowers in spring, among which are the mountain daisy, the harebell, the foxglove, the wild brier rose, the budding birch, and the hoary hawthorn, that I view and hang over with particular delight.

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I pass'd by his garden, and saw the wild brier, The thorn, and the thistle grow broader and higher; The clothes that hang on him are turning to rags; And his money still wastes, till he starves or he begs.

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Dog-rose, the Rosa canīna, or wild brier, nat. ord.

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The tessellated shadow of the honeysuckle lies motionless upon my study floor, as if it were a figure in the carpet; and through the open window comes the fragrance of the wild brier and the mock orange.

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I pass'd by his garden and saw the wild brier, The thorn and the thistle grow broader and higher; The clothes that hang on him are turning to rags, And his money still wastes, till he starves or he begs.

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