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EGLANTINE (E. Frisian, egeltiere; Fr. aiglantier)

EGLANTINE (E. Frisian, egeltiere; Fr. aiglantier) , a plant-name of which Dr R. C. A. See also:

Prior (Popular Names of See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

PLANTS

Plants, p. 70) says that it " has been the subject of much discussion, both as to its exact meaning and as to the See also:

SHRUB

shrub to which it properly belongs." The eglantine of the herbalists was the sweet-brier, See also:

Rosa rubiginosa. The signification of the word seems to be See also:

thorn-See also:

tree or thorn-See also:

BUSH

bush, the first two syllables probably representing the Anglo-Saxon egla, egle, a prick or thorn, while the termination is the Dutch tere, taere, a tree. Eglantine is frequently alluded to in the writings of See also:

ENGLISH

English poets, from See also:

CHAUCER, GEOFFREY (? 1340-1400)

Chaucer downwards. See also:

Milton, in L'See also:

ALLEGRO (an Italian word, meaning " cheerful," as in Milton's poem)

Allegro, is thought by the See also:

TERM

term " See also:

TWISTED

twisted eglantine " to denote the See also:

HONEYSUCKLE (Mid. Eng., honysocle, i.e. any plant from which honey may be sucked,—cf. A.-S. huni-suge, privet; Ger. Geissblalt; Fr. chevrefeuille)

honeysuckle, Lonicera Periclymenum, which is still known as eglantine in See also:

north-See also:

east See also:

YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire.

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