Definition of Rosa canina

1. Noun. Prickly wild rose with delicate pink or white scentless flowers; native to Europe.

Exact synonyms: Dog Rose
Generic synonyms: Rose, Rosebush

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rosa Canina

Roraima
Roridulaceae
Rorippa
Rorippa amphibia
Rorippa islandica
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum
Rorschach
Rorschach test
Rorschach tests
Rortyan
Rory
Ros
Rosa
Rosa Parks
Rosa banksia
Rosa canina (current term)
Rosa chinensis
Rosa damascena
Rosa eglanteria
Rosa laevigata
Rosa moschata
Rosa multiflora
Rosa odorata
Rosa pendulina
Rosa spithamaea
Rosaceae
Rosai-Dorman disease
Rosaleen
Rosalie
Rosalind

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. ..."

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