sweetbriar

Fragrant hedgerow shrub

Sweetbriar is a wild rose native to Europe, distinguished by its fragrant leaves that smell of apples when crushed.

The thorny shrub bears pink flowers and red hips, growing in hedgerows and at woodland edges.

Also spelled sweetbrier.

The path was bordered by sweetbriar and honeysuckle.

rose

rosehip

Seed vessel of certain flowers

  • petalsColored bloom segments
  • bloomFlower or flourishing state
  • rosebushThorny shrub bearing fragrant blooms

thorns · pink · fragrant · wild rose · hips · climbing · rambling · hedgerow · cottage garden · pollinator

literary

Spenser

Tudor allegorical poet

poetry · Tudor · Elizabethan · heraldry · emblematic · folklore · symbolism · rustic · ballad · nostalgia

fragrance

aromatic

Pleasantly strong-smelling

essential oil · bouquet · essence · attar · rosewater · sachets · floral · aromatic leaves

hedging

hedge

Boundary of planted shrubs

enclosure · windbreak · privacy · thicket · impenetrable · livestock · traditional · rural · farmland · shrubbery

Categories
Opposites
wild vs. cultivated

sweetbriarhybrid tea rose

Bred ornamental flowering shrub

garden rose · floribunda · grandiflora · tea rose · climbing rose

simple vs. elaborate flowers

sweetbriarcabbage rose

Many-petaled fragrant bloom

English rose

Family

sweet, briar, sweets, sweetness, sweetly, sweeten, sweetened, sweetener, unsweetened

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Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G