dog rose

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   prickly wild rose with delicate pink or white scentless flowers; native to Europe

   SynonymsRosa canina

   Broaderrose

Questions about dog rose

What does dog rose mean?

dog rose means "prickly wild rose with delicate pink or white scentless flowers; native to Europe".

What is another word for dog rose?

Close synonyms include Rosa canina. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dog rose a common word?

dog rose is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.