wild rose

Untended pink flower

Wild rose refers to any rose species growing in the wild rather than cultivated in gardens.

These shrubs produce simple, five-petaled flowers—usually pink or white—and bright red fruits called rose hips.

Wild roses appear in poetry and folk songs as symbols of natural, untamed beauty: She was as lovely as a wild rose.

botanical

rosehip

Seed vessel of certain flowers

shrub · bush · thorns · prickles · sepals · stamen · pistil · corolla · wildflower · perennial

symbolic

love

Intense fond attachment

Alberta · Iowa · state flower · emblem · heraldry · Tudor · folklore · poetry · romance · rustic

habitat

hedgerow

Linear shrub boundary

roadside · thicket · riverbank · hillside · native · indigenous · endemic · ecosystem · biodiversity · flora

thorny

prickle

Tiny sharp point

  • spikyHaving sharp projections
  • sharpFine-edged, or astute
  • barbedHaving sharp projections

pointed · bramble · jagged · spiny · scratchy · defensive · hooked · armored · impenetrable · tangled

fragrance

perfume

Fragrant liquid for wearing

sweet-smelling · redolent · attar · rosewater · potpourri · sachet · nosegay · bouquet · balmy · delicate

Categories
Opposites
cultivation status

wild rosegarden rose

Ornamental flowering shrub

hybrid tea rose · cultivar

horticultural sophistication

wild rosehybrid tea

Cultivated rose variety

grandiflora · floribunda · tea rose · English rose · cabbage rose

growth habit/setting

wild rosestandard rose

Grafted rose on trunk

Family

wild, rose, wilderness, wilds, wildlife, wildness, wildfire, wildest, wilder

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G