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

If I left my house in Elba, I could walk to twelve trees, an ant mound, a hornets’ nest, and a bunch of rosebushes.

From Literature

The rest of the house was covered with rosebushes so thick, they looked as though they would crush the house at any moment.

From Literature

Dogwood trees with bright pink flowers and rosebushes of every color lined the brick road that led to Division Street.

From Literature

We were barely over the cerro when we saw them to the right of us, in a clearing, on yet another hill: hundreds of snout-nosed butterflies hovering over dozens of rosebushes.

From Literature

Journalists honored the five Capital Gazette employees who were shot to death in their newsroom last year by unveiling a plaque Friday with the names of the dead in a garden next to five rosebushes.

From Los Angeles Times