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rose hip

Hip \Hip\, n. [OE. hepe, AS. he['o]pe; cf. OHG. hiufo a bramble bush.] (Bot.) The fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose ( Rosa canina); called also rose hip. [Written also hop, hep.]

Hip tree (Bot.), the dog-rose.

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rose hip

n. (alternative form of rosehip English)

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rose hip

n. the fruit of a rose plant [syn: hip, rosehip]

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Rose hip

The rose hip, also known as rose haw or rose hep, is the fruit of the rose plant, that typically is red-to-orange, but ranges from dark purple to black in some species. Rose hips begin to form after successful pollination of flowers in spring or early summer, and ripen in late summer through autumn.

Usage examples of "rose hip".

Last meal, consumed approximately five hours before death, consisted of a whole-wheat muffin, four ounces of orange juice-the real deal-rose hip tea, some banana, and some raspberries.

Flushing like a country bumpkin, Candlemas jerked upright in his seat, slopped rose hip tea on his robe.

While the horse traders untangled their mounts and picked up and packed, and Sunbright stitched wounds, the dwarves brewed rose hip tea and unwrapped oak cakes.

His disposition, which had improved at a change of scene, suffered a setback when he confronted rose hip soup, sliced cheese and bread, but after a few disgruntled remarks about tree bark one day and roses the next he ate with appetite.