Meanings
nounrosehip (plural rosehips)
plural rosehips · alternative rose hip
- The fleshy false fruit of a wild rose plant (e.g. sweetbrier, dog rose, burnet rose, etc.), containing the achenes or true fruits.
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Basque arkakarats
- arkakaratsthe false fruit of a wild rose plant
Bulgarian ши́пка
- ши́пка (šípka)the false fruit of a wild rose plant
Catalan gavarró, gratacul
- gavarróthe false fruit of a wild rose plant
- grataculthe false fruit of a wild rose plant
Chinese Mandarin 玫瑰果
- 玫瑰果 (méiguīguǒ)the false fruit of a wild rose plant
Czech šípek
- šípekthe false fruit of a wild rose plant
Danish hyben
- hybenthe false fruit of a wild rose plant
Dutch rozenbottel
- rozenbottelthe false fruit of a wild rose plant
Esperanto rozfrukto
- rozfruktothe false fruit of a wild rose plant
Estonian kibuvitsamari
- kibuvitsamarithe false fruit of a wild rose plant
Finnish ruusunmarja
- ruusunmarjathe false fruit of a wild rose plant
French cynorhodon, gratte-cul
- cynorhodonthe false fruit of a wild rose plant
- gratte-culthe false fruit of a wild rose plant
German Hagebutte
- Hagebuttethe false fruit of a wild rose plant
Greek κυνόροδο
- κυνόροδο (kynórodo)the false fruit of a wild rose plant
Hungarian csipkebogyó
- csipkebogyóthe false fruit of a wild rose plant
Icelandic rósaber
- rósaberthe false fruit of a wild rose plant
Irish mogóir róis
- mogóir róisthe false fruit of a wild rose plant
Italian cinorrodo
- cinorrodothe false fruit of a wild rose plant
Japanese バラの実, ハマナスの実
- バラの実 (bara no mi)the false fruit of a wild rose plant
- ハマナスの実 (hamanasu no mi)the false fruit of a wild rose plant
- 浜梨の実 (hamanashi no mi)the false fruit of a wild rose plant
Lithuanian erškė̃tuogė
- erškė̃tuogėthe false fruit of a wild rose plant
Norwegian nype
- nypethe false fruit of a wild rose plant
Polish dzika róża, psia róża
- dzika różathe false fruit of a wild rose plant
- psia różathe false fruit of a wild rose plant
- róża dzikathe false fruit of a wild rose plant
- sypelthe false fruit of a wild rose plant
- szypszynathe false fruit of a wild rose plant
Portuguese cinórrodo
- cinórrodothe false fruit of a wild rose plant
Russian плод шипо́вника, шипо́вник
- плод шипо́вника (plod šipóvnika)the false fruit of a wild rose plant
- шипо́вник (šipóvnik)the false fruit of a wild rose plant
Slovak šípka
- šípkathe false fruit of a wild rose plant
Spanish escaramujo, tapaculo
- escaramujothe false fruit of a wild rose plant
- tapaculothe false fruit of a wild rose plant
Swedish nypon
- nyponthe false fruit of a wild rose plant
Turkish kuşburnu
- kuşburnuthe false fruit of a wild rose plant
Ukrainian шипши́на
- шипши́на (šypšýna)the false fruit of a wild rose plant
Welsh egroes
- egroesthe false fruit of a wild rose plant
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
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APA
rosehip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rosehip
MLA
“rosehip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rosehip. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rosehip,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rosehip.
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