hip tree

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hip tree - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hip tree \Hip" tree`\ (Bot.)
     The dog-rose.
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  Hip \Hip\, n. [OE. hepe, AS. he['o]pe; cf. OHG. hiufo a bramble
     bush.] (Bot.)
     The fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose
     (Rosa canina); called also rose hip. [Written also hop,
     hep.]
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     Hip tree (Bot.), the dog-rose.
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