A prickly, thorny bush or shrub in general; formerly including the bramble, but now usually confined to wild rose bushes.

= eglantine, n.1

More fully eglantine rose. The Sweet-briar; also attributive.

(perhaps) the dog-rose, or some species of bramble.

In form dog's berry. The fruit of a wild rose, probably the sweet briar, Rosa eglanteria; also (more fully dog's-berry bush) the plant itself. Obs…

Any of several wild roses, esp. the sweetbriar, Rosa eglanteria.

A species of rose, the Eglantine, Rosa rubiginosa (and some other species, as R. micracantha), having strong hooked prickles, pink single…

Any of various thorny shrubs; spec. †(a) the caper bush, Capparis spinosa (obsolete); †(b) the sweet briar, Rosa eglanteria (cf. dog-briar, n.) (obs…

A type of wild rose, esp. the dog rose, Rosa canina; (also) the fruit of this plant. Now chiefly English regional.

Any of several wild scrambling roses; spec. the Eurasian and North African species Rosa canina, a deciduous shrub having delicately scented…

(a) the dog rose (cf. sense 8b); †(b) the field poppy (cf. sense 8c) (obsolete).

a wild rose, esp. the dog rose, Rosa canina; cf. dog rose, n.

dog-rose, wild-rose.

the white trailing dog-rose.

a wild Eurasian rose, Rosa pimpinellifolia (formerly called R. spinosissima), or any of numerous cultivated varieties of it; also called burnet rose.

the field rose, Rosa arvensis, which resembles the dog rose (R. canina) but has white flowers.

see quot.

New Zealand. The sweet briar, Rosa eglanteria, introduced by missionaries and now an invasive weed. Now rare. Perhaps Obsolete.

the Scotch Rose (Rosa spinosissima).