rosebush

[ rohz-boosh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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

The flower beds are overgrown with massive cucumber plants, spindly rosebushes, and tomatoes that no one remembers planting.

It was as flourishing a rosebush as I should wish to see in any gentleman's garden.

I squatted down instantly behind a thick rosebush; then, rising to peer cautiously, I saw a most painful sight.

Ah, but Ruth could remember when she was no taller than a rosebush, how cravingly her little heart cried out for love!

From this emotion, which filled heart and mind, a glowing wealth of other feelings had blossomed like buds upon a rosebush.

It was like finding a rosebush blooming in the gutter of some neglected street.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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