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rose hip

noun

: a small fruit that grows on some rosebushes

Full Definition of ROSE HIP

:  the ripened usually red or orange accessory fruit of a rose that consists of a fleshy receptacle enclosing numerous achenes
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First Known Use of ROSE HIP

1857

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