dog rose

American  

noun

1. an Old World wild rose, Rosa canina, having pink or white flowers.

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dog rose British  

noun

1. a prickly wild rose, Rosa canina, that is native to Europe and has pink or white delicate scentless flowers

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Etymology

Origin of dog rose

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

Those hot dog roses might have tipped the scale.

From Seattle Times

More than 2,500 species of wildflowers grow in Corsica, and the landscape teemed with dog roses, orchids, broom and wild herbs – I’d never smelt curry plant on a beach before.

From The Guardian

The gorge unfurled through tunnels of forest and dog rose, opening onto russet glades of wildflowers throbbing with bees.

From The Wall Street Journal

Why were female golfers as endemic to Birkdale as the grey herons and natterjacks, the dog rose and comfrey, the sneezewort, white nettle and restharrow growing in the rough?

From Washington Post

In early summers here, a mysterious man visited the shrine at the entrance to my garden every day, offering to the Virgin a handful of wild fennel or dog roses.

From The Guardian