EGLANTINE


Meaning of EGLANTINE in English

/eg"leuhn tuyn', -teen'/ , n.

the sweetbrier.

[ 1350-1400; ME aiglent ( aculentum, neut. of * aculentus prickly, equiv. to L acu ( s ) needle + -lentus adj. suffix) + -ine -INE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .