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rosebush

name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • General-American: /ˈɹoʊzˌbʊʃ/
  • CMU ARPABET: R OW1 Z B UH2 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname from German, variant of Rosenbaum or Rosenbusch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

name

Meaning 2

A small village in Maenclochog community, Pembrokeshire, Wales, named after the Rosebush quarry, and possibly an Anglicisation of Welsh Rhos y Bwlch or Rhosbwlch (OS grid ref SN0729).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

name

Meaning 3

A village in Isabella County, Michigan, United States, named after Rose Bush, wife of James Bush.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

The shrub that roses grow on: a rose plant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: rosier

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rose

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shrub, bush

Narrower terms: mountain rose, Rosa pendulina, ground rose, Rosa spithamaea, banksia rose, Rosa banksia, dog rose, Rosa canina, China rose, Bengal rose, Rosa chinensis, damask rose, summer damask rose, Rosa damascena, sweetbrier, sweetbriar, brier, briar, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria, Cherokee rose, Rosa laevigata, multiflora, multiflora rose, Japanese rose, baby rose, Rosa multiflora, musk rose, Rosa moschata, tea rose, Rosa odorata

History

Etymology

Anglicized form of German Rosenbaum or Rosenbusch.

From rose + bush.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: վարդենի (vardeni) — rose plant
  • Bulgarian: розов храст (rozov hrast) — rose plant
  • Catalan: roser — rose plant
  • Esperanto: rozarbo — rose plant
  • French: rosier — rose plant
  • Galician: roseira — rose plant
  • German: Rosenstock — rose plant
  • Greek: τριανταφυλλιά (triantafylliá) — rose plant
  • Ancient Greek: ῥοδῆ (rhodê) — rose plant
  • Italian: rosaio — rose plant
  • Korean: 장미 (jangmi) — rose plant
  • Luxembourgish: Rousestack — rose plant
  • Occitan: rosièr — rose plant
  • Polish: krzew róży — rose plant
  • Portuguese: roseira — rose plant
  • Romanian: trandafir — rose plant
  • Russian: ро́зовый куст (rózovyj kust) — rose plant
  • Spanish: rosal — rose plant
  • Swahili: mwaridi — rose plant
  • Turkish: gül fidanı — rose plant
  • Walloon: rôzî — rose plant
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