rosebud
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- noun
- /ˈroʊzbʌd/
:
capullo de rosa
- The gardener carefully nurtured each rosebud until it was ready to bloom.
- pink rosebuds
- tiny rosebud
- red rosebuds
Examples
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I got to carry a bouquet of pink rosebuds and baby's breath.
Fiction book (1997) -
Bring in the rosebud.
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Now put my rosebud on the tray and get out.
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I say, "Here, smell that," and hold a rosebud up to a young lover's nose.
Fiction book (1990) -
I was always waiting for these rosebuds to open.
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Carmen has chosen: pink and white rosebuds with baby's breath.
Fiction book (1995) -
ANGLE on Starling, in the room, as she picks up a small rosebud from the cut crystal bud vase in front of her.
Fiction book (2001) -
Outside, as the icy wind turned to snow, one tiny rosebud bloomed on the last rosebush.
Fiction book (1993) -
Henry sees that Ed and Zaev are also standing near the door in their tuxedos, each with a white rosebud boutonniere.
Fiction book (1994) -
Annie Ruth sat tearing the ivory petals off a tiny iceberg rosebud.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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A small part on a plant that will become a flower, not a leaf
Compounds
- Specialized
A wild orchid with funnel-shaped bright pink flowers that grows in the northeastern United States
A small plant with large rose colored flowers that grows in South American forests
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rosebud is simply the two words rose and bud put together; a bud is the small, 'closed' part of a plant that will open into a flower. So a rosebud is a young, unopened rose, which is why the word means the flower before it opens.