a very prickly Eurasian rose, Rosa pimpinellifolia, with white flowers and purplish-black fruits
another name for burnet rose
Scotch rose in American English
noun
a rose, Rosa spinosissima, of Eurasia, having pink, white, or yellow flowers
Also called: burnet rose
Word origin
[1725–35]This word is first recorded in the period 1725–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: collapse, hairline, pantheism, roulette, snowflake