wild rose

American  

noun

1. any native species of rose, usually having a single flower with the corolla consisting of one circle of five roundish, spreading petals.

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wild rose British  

noun

1. any of numerous roses, such as the dogrose and sweetbrier, that grow wild and have flowers with only one whorl of petals

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Etymology

Origin of wild rose

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

They include its wild rose vinegar -- priced at 235 kroner for 250 millilitres -- its pumpkin-seed praline spread and mushroom cooking sauce.

From Barron's • Nov. 2, 2025

The park’s easygoing trail system passes through grassy fields, past duck- and frog-filled marshes and tangles of cherry-red wild rose hips, a disc golf course and the Ritchie Observatory.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2023

She describes rubbing down the tenderloin of a mule deer with homemade white bean and wild rose miso, and then hanging it above an open fire.

From Washington Post • Jan. 9, 2023

I get it: I’m haunted by the invasive wild rose in my backyard.

From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2020

The old Bear People said they would come They said Prepare hard oak scrub oak pihon juniper and wild rose twigs Make hoops tie bundles of weeds into hoops.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko