{ } a. [ Pref. e- + glandulose, glandulosus. ] Destitute of glands. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. églantine, 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 flowers of various colors. (b) The sweetbrier (R. rubiginosa). [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Milton, in the following lines, has applied the name to some twining plant, perhaps the honeysuckle. [ 1913 Webster ] Through the sweetbrier, or the vine,
Or the twisted eglantine. L'Allegro, 47. “In our early writers and in Gerarde and the herbalists, it was a shrub with white flowers.” Dr. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Eglantine. [ Obs. or R. ] [ Written also eglantere. ] Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Zoöl.) The European perch when two years old. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. e- + glomerate. ] To unwind, as a thread from a ball. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]