Eglantine

Eglantine

Eglantine may refer to:

* Eglantine rose, "Rosa rubiginosa," also "Sweet briar"

People

* Fabre d'Églantine, French actor, dramatist, and politician of the French Revolution
* Églantine Éméyé, French tv presenter and journalist

Fictional characters

* Madame Eglantine, the prioress in the Canterbury Tales
* Eglantine (Ga'Hoole), a fictional character in the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series
* Eglantine Price, apprentice witch played by Angela Lansbury in Bedknobs and Broomsticks
* Eglantine Took, or Eglantine Banks, a fictional character; mother of Peregrin Took, second cousin, once removed, of Haldomere Banks

Other

* French ship Églantine
* Eglantine House, a house in the Court of Night-Blooming Flowers
* Eglantine House, believed to have been built by the Hill Family, landlords of Hillsborough, pre. 1800; it was the estate of the Irish Mill Baron, Edward Thomas Green, from c. 1920 to c. 1973; it burned in 1990 [http://www.lisburn.com/books/as-it-was/as-it-was-2.html]
* Eglantine (song), a song by Robert and Richard Sherman for a 1971 Walt Disney musical film
* Eglantine Table, inlaid Tudor table at Hardwick Hall, decorated with musical instruments and flowers
*Églantine (film), 1971 French film


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Synonyms:
, (Rosa rubiginosa)


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  • églantine — [ eglɑ̃tin ] n. f. • 1600; de l a. adj. aiglantin, de aiglant → églantier ♦ Fleur de l églantier, à cinq pétales. ● églantine nom féminin (ancien français aiglant, églantier) Fleur de l églantier. églantine n. f. Fleur de l …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Eglantine — Eg lan*tine, n. [F. [ e]glantine, fr. OF. aiglent brier, hip tree, fr. (assumed) LL. acuculentus, fr. a dim. of L. acus needle; cf. F. aiguille needle. Cf. {Aglet}.] (Bot.) (a) A species of rose ({Rosa Eglanteria}), with fragrant foliage and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • eglantine — sweet briar, c.1400, from Fr. églantine, from O.Fr. aiglent dog rose, from V.L. *aquilentus rich in prickles, from L. aculeus spine, prickle, dim. of acus needle (see ACUITY (Cf. acuity)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • eglantine — [eg′lən tīn΄, eg′ləntēn΄] n. [Fr églantine < OFr aiglent < LL * aculentus < L aculeus, a sting, prickle, dim. of acus, a point, sting: see ACUITY] a European rose (Rosa eglanteria) with hooked spines, sweet scented leaves, and usually… …   English World dictionary

  • Églantine — (franz., spr. eglangtīn ), die Hundsrose, Rosa canina, auch die gelbe Rose, R. lutea, deren Spielart R. lutea bicolor als Kapuziner oder türkische Rose bekannt ist; é. d or, zweiter Preis bei den Jeux floraux in Toulouse …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Eglantine — (spr. angtihn), franz. Name für unsere Hundsrose (s. Rose); zuweilen auch die gelbe Rose (Rosa lutĕa Mill. oder Eglanterĭa L.), Orient, mit ihrer Spielart der türkischen, Wiener oder Kapuzinerrose …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Eglantine — f English: flower name, used as a nickname by Chaucer, and occasionally as a given name in the 19th century, but not at present in use. It is from an alternative name for the sweetbrier, derived in the 14th century from Old French aiglent,… …   First names dictionary

  • églantine — ÉGLANTINE. subs. f. La fleur de l Églantier …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • Églantine — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Églantine », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Sommaire …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Eglantine — Fabre d’Églantine, mit bürgerlichem Namen Philippe François Nazaire Fabre (* 29. Juli 1750 in Carcassonne; † 5. April 1794 in Paris), war ein französischer Dichter, Schauspieler, Dramaturg und Revolutionär. Leben Er war zunächst Rechtsanwalt in… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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