How to pronounce hip

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What hip means

noun

Most people know hip in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

The red fruit of a wild rose

In a sentence: In autumn we picked bright red hips from the wild rose bushes to make tea.

Where it comes from: It comes from heope, an Old English name for this fruit, from an old root linked to thorny bushes. It is a different word from hip, the part of your body.

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