rosehip
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- noun
- /ˈroʊzˌhɪp/
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- I enjoy making rosehip jam from the bright red fruits.
Examples
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Have you ever had rosehip syrup?
Blog text (31) -
And homemade rosehip oil, with its skin restoring, vitamin A packed goodness, is about as easy as it gets.
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We sip our rosehip tea.
Fiction book (2001) -
When I was pregnant the last time, I was sent a tiny, expensive vial of rosehip oil.
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So I would recommend this if you cannot find rosehips.
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Today everyone was drinking rosehip, peppermint, or chamomile tea.
Fiction book (2001) -
Bathsheba is gathering rosehips along a hedge.
Fiction book (1998) -
Also, black walnuts and rosehips are plentiful.
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So, rosehips are those big red berries hanging off rose bushes?
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Mole spied some forgotten rosehips clinging to Miss Squirrel's fence next door.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
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The small rounded fruit of a rose, usually red or orange and full of seeds
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A small red or orange fruit of a rose plant used for tea, jam, and medicine
How Ripe
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rosehip comes from the flower name rose plus hip, an old word meaning 'fruit' or 'seed pod'. So a rosehip is the small, round fruit of the rose plant, the red or orange 'berry' often used to make tea, jam, or vitamin C supplements.