Fragrant Plant Though Possibly Inelegant

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Updated: October 14, 2023

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noun • Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
	34%	6		Word describing lumbering boots or inelegant shoes, a heavy-footed clumsy walker, cloggy mascara or a tufty, tussocky or thickety plant or thing
adjective • Forming or tending to form clumps. • Resembling a clump. • Clompy; with heavy footfalls.
	27%	6		Inelegant
adjective • of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles adjective satellite • lacking refinement or cultivation or taste • of low or inferior quality or value

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