rosebush
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rosebush
Example Sentences
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“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
My mother planted a rosebush by our garage when I was a child, and I hated its scraggly foliage and pale pink flowers.
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
She had never been in the rosebush before, never even really close to it, and now, the nearer she got, the more nervous she became.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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