rose hip
noun
: the ripened usually red or orange accessory fruit of a rose that consists of a fleshy receptacle enclosing numerous achenes
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Allowing the flowers to form rose hips also encourages the plants to enter dormancy.
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2024
Two streets over, Stray Coffee Roasters specializes in single-origin beans with flavor profiles like blueberry and rose hip.
—Sahar Khan, Travel + Leisure, 14 Dec. 2024
The 2013 vintage produced a stellar wine with aromas of blackberry, rose hips, and cinnamon and flavors of blackberry jam, bright cassis, and dark chocolate.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 2024
As the weather cools, often in October, stop cutting blooms and let rose hips form.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2024
Two streets over, Stray Coffee Roasters specializes in single-origin beans with flavor profiles like blueberry and rose hip.
—Sahar Khan, Travel + Leisure, 14 Dec. 2024
The 2013 vintage produced a stellar wine with aromas of blackberry, rose hips, and cinnamon and flavors of blackberry jam, bright cassis, and dark chocolate.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 2024
As the weather cools, often in October, stop cutting blooms and let rose hips form.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Rose hip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rose%20hip. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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