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See also:EGLANTINE (E. Frisian, egeltiere; Fr. aiglantier) , a plant-name of which Dr R . C . A . See also:Prior (Popular Names of See also:British See also: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 to which it properly belongs." The See also: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, 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 poets, from See also:Chaucer downwards . See also:Milton, in L'See also:Allegro, is thought by the See also:term " See also:twisted eglantine " to denote the See also:honeysuckle, Lonicera Periclymenum, which is still known as eglantine in See also:north-See also:east See also:Yorkshire . |
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