APA: qel̓q
Parse: √qel’q
Definition: wild rose
Scientific name: [Rosa gymnocarpa Nutt. in T.&G. (baldhip rose), R. nutkana Presl var. nutkana (Nootka rose) and/or R. pisocarpa A. Gray (clustered wild rose, or peafruit rose)]
Ethnobiology: Several wild rose species are found within the Hul’q’umi’num’ territory. The term qel’q probably applies to any of these plants.