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Definition of Rosa canina
1. Noun. Prickly wild rose with delicate pink or white scentless flowers; native to Europe.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rosa Canina
Literary usage of Rosa canina
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"(1) Fruit of Rosa canina, L., and other species.—N.-W. Line- EDS Gloss. ...
The fruit of Rosa canina, L.—Scotl. Jamieson. Hip-briar. ' The wild rose. North. ..."
2. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller (1906)
"The "seeds," or more correctly speaking the fruits, of the dog rose (Rosa canina L.)
and of other species of the same genus are of some importance in Europe ..."
3. The Essentials of Materia Medica, and Therapeutics by Alfred Baring Garrod (1865)
"Rosa canina. Hips. [Not officinal in USP] The fresh fruit of Rosa canina, the
Dog Rose, and other allied species; Lin. ..."