rosebush

[ rohz-boosh ]

noun

1. a shrub that bears roses. rose.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rosebush¹

First recorded in 1580–90; rose ¹ + bush ¹

Example Sentences

The flower beds are overgrown with massive cucumber plants, spindly rosebushes, and tomatoes that no one remembers planting.

From Outside Online

It was as flourishing a rosebush as I should wish to see in any gentleman's garden.

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I squatted down instantly behind a thick rosebush; then, rising to peer cautiously, I saw a most painful sight.

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Ah, but Ruth could remember when she was no taller than a rosebush, how cravingly her little heart cried out for love!

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From this emotion, which filled heart and mind, a glowing wealth of other feelings had blossomed like buds upon a rosebush.

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It was like finding a rosebush blooming in the gutter of some neglected street.

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