rosebud

[ rohz-buhd ]

noun

1. the bud of a rose. rise.

rosebud

/ ˈrəʊzˌbʌd /

noun

1. the bud of a rose
2. literary.
   a pretty young woman

Word History and Origins

Origin of rosebud¹

First recorded in 1605–15; rose ¹ + bud ¹

Example Sentences

If there was one of these Citizen Kane biographies about me, like the rosebud at the end would be a copy of MAD comics.

From Time

Bauer literally had a Rosebud moment, but may not have had a figurative one.

From The Daily Beast

“The ‘Rosebud’ moment was realizing how we would only know whether that ‘future’ was true when the future was history,” she said.

From The Daily Beast

From the rise of the rosebud niche to headlines about STDs outbreaks, the XXX industry may be commercially icky.

From The Daily Beast

Decades later, an Ailes colleague called the incident “his Rosebud story.”

From The Daily Beast

When the snow-filled glasses falls from his hand and he says, “Rosebud.”

From The Daily Beast

These transactions failed, and poor Pocahontas, the Rosebud, remained a captive.

From Project Gutenberg

The Rosebud River is so named because the valley through which it meanders is a garden of roses.

From Project Gutenberg

He was playing with a rosebud he had plucked from a vase near, but as unconscious of its beauty as of the lateness of the hour.

From Project Gutenberg

There were garlands of rosebuds on the wallpaper and the furniture was covered with rosebud chintz.

From Project Gutenberg

That means Leila is going to walk in at the last minute with our rosebud girl on her arm, Martha Merrick declared.

From Project Gutenberg