dog rose

noun

: a chiefly European wild rose (Rosa canina)

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Thorny scrub — hawthorn, blackthorn, dog rose and bramble — punched through fields that, only a few years earlier, were maize and barley as far as the eye could see. Isabella Tree, Time, 3 Oct. 2019 The gorge unfurled through tunnels of forest and dog rose, opening onto russet glades of wildflowers throbbing with bees. Henry Wismayer, WSJ, 23 May 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1597, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dog rose was in 1597

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“Dog rose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dog%20rose. Accessed 12 Dec. 2024.

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