rosebush

American  

[rohz-boosh] / ˈroʊzˌbʊʃ /

noun

1. a shrub that bears roses. rose.

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Etymology

Origin of rosebush

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

Example Sentences

“We never stopped believing that somewhere out there, in some stranger’s backyard, our mother’s rosebush was blossoming madly, wildly, pressing one perfect red flower after another out into the late afternoon light.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

This winter, 20 years after my mother’s death, my sister and I scattered the tiniest amount of her ashes under the rosebush I planted precisely for this reason.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2022

Her gut clenched every time a raindrop bounced off a rosebush leaf.

From The Verge • Jun. 17, 2018

Less opens his eyes to a countryside of autumn vineyards, endless rows of the crucified plants, a pink rosebush always planted at the end.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 12, 2017

He took it all in, the big elm tree and the dying rosebush, the freshly mowed lawn and the missing shingle by the chimney, the darkened windows and the warm glow of the porch light.

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers