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rose hip

rose hip

1 3.7
A small red or orange fruit of a rose plant used for tea, jam, and medicine
  • noun
  • /roʊz hɪp/
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  • The recipe called for fresh rose hips to make a flavorful jam.
  • rose hip tea
  • wild rose hips

And they're like, Oh my God, I'm going to make you a signature blend of tea called Audrey Rose hips.

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Examples

  • For example, rose hips are the best source of vitamin C.

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  • The store also stocks Russian pictorial tea, which blends marshmallow root with licorice root, garden thyme, rose hips, and anise seeds to help with cold symptoms.

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  • I heat up some wild rose hips tea.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • She brought tea as well, brewed with rose hips.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • The fall that year was fine and long, with a snapping frost that gave tang to the rose hips.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • We breakfast on that, and more rose hip tea—a pitcher of it for her.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Honestly, dropping a few bags of unsweetened Lipton black tea in with some tasty additions, like fresh mint, basil, or rose hips, and letting it hang out in the sun is the best way to get a warm, balanced blend.

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  • It has chamomile as its base, there's orange peel, rose hips, licorice, and then has lemon balm, hibiscus, rose petals and magnesium.

  • She brewed a cup of rose hip tea, known for its high vitamin C content.

  • During the winter, many people enjoy rose hip tea for its soothing properties.

Synonyms

hip
vsrose hip
60 6.7

The small rounded fruit of a rose, usually red or orange and full of seeds

focuses on the fruit's culinary and medicinal uses rather than seed content
rosehip
vsrose hip
1 4.8

A small round red or orange fruit from a rose plant used to make tea and jam

is the same meaning but written as two words

Surface Forms

rose hip singular
rose hips plural

Morphology

rose + hip

The compound 'rose hip' is a straightforward noun-noun phrase where 'rose' specifies the kind of 'hip' and 'hip' (here, the seed-bearing fruit) gives the referent. A B1 learner who knows both constituent meanings can directly infer it refers to the small fruit of a rose, so the meaning is compositionally transparent.

Etymology

The noun rose hip names the small, round fruit that appears after the rose flower falls, with hip meaning a little fruit like a bright red ball on the bush. Because these little fruits are full of vitamin C, people dry them for 'tea' and make 'jam' and 'medicine' from them.