rosebush

American  

[rohz-boosh] / ˈroʊzˌbʊʃ /

noun

1. a shrub that bears roses.

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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

I can almost sense a hummingbird feeding on the petunias, and hear bees buzzing in the rosebush.

From Washington Post • May 17, 2019

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

The rosebush clusters bloomed joyously, their blushing white crowns illuminating the darkness we had endured for so long.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall