| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| eglantine |
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| SYLLABICATION: | eg·lan·tine |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   g l n-t n , -t n |
| NOUN: | See sweetbrier. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English eglentin, from Old French eglantine, diminutive of aiglent, from Vulgar Latin *aculentum, from neuter of *aculentus, spiny, from Latin aculeus, spine, from acus, needle. See ak- in Appendix I.
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