wild rose

noun

any native species of rose, usually having a single flower with the corolla consisting of one circle of five roundish, spreading petals.

wild rose

any of numerous roses, such as the dogrose and sweetbrier, that grow wild and have flowers with only one whorl of petals

First recorded in 1775–85

Rose hipsEven in the winter, there’s something sweet about wild roses.

New parties are constantly being born: Social Credit, Parti Québécois, Reform, Bloc Québécois, Wild Rose.

Her beauty seemed fresh made; he thought of a wild rose washed by the dew and sparkling in the sunlight.

She was a most lovely girl, with a wild-rose complexion and starlike eyes, and full of life and buoyant hope.

With each one her lovely hair fell out still more, her wild-rose colour faded, and her shape was spoiled.

The first individuals were taken on April 11, 1913, feeding on a species of wild rose, Rosa nukatana Presl.

"My little Irish wild rose, all sweetness and thorns," he murmured.

April 23, 2024inveterate

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