Dictionary - Definition of DOG-ROSE


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. A common European wild rose, with single pink or white flowers.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

"Dog-rose" is a common misspelling or typo for: dog-roses.

Date "Dog-rose" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: DOG-ROSE

Domain	Definition
Literature	1: "A morsu vero [i.e. of a mad dog] unicum remedium oraculo quodam nuper repertum, radix 2: Sylvestris rosae. quae cynorrhodos appellatur." - 3: Dog-rose Botanical name, Cynorrhodos - i.e. Greek Kuno-rodon, dog-rose; so called because it was supposed to cure the bite of a mad dog (Rosa Canina, wild brier). 4: Pliny: Natural History, viii. 63; xxv. 6. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. A common European wild rose, with single pink or white flowers.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

Date "DOG-ROSE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Domain	Definition
Literature	1: "A morsu vero [i.e. of a mad dog] unicum remedium oraculo quodam nuper repertum, radix 2: Sylvestris rosae. quae cynorrhodos appellatur." - 3: Dog-rose Botanical name, Cynorrhodos - i.e. Greek Kuno-rodon, dog-rose; so called because it was supposed to cure the bite of a mad dog (Rosa Canina, wild brier). 4: Pliny: Natural History, viii. 63; xxv. 6. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top