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rose-bud

rose-bud is the alternative form of rosebud.

Meaning of rosebud

Noun

rosebud (plural rosebuds)

  1. The bud of a rose.
    • Holonyms: rose < rosebush
  2. (UK, sometimes) A pretty young woman.
  3. (US, rare) A debutante.
  4. (rare) Any of assorted small seashells with a pink or partially pink color, usually of the family Muricidae.
  5. (Cockney) A mouth.
  6. (slang) the indentation of a surface caused by an incorrect hammer strike (missing the nail)

See all 24 meanings of rosebud

Forms of rose-bud

pluralrose-buds

Questions about rose-bud

What is rose-bud the alternative form of?
Rose-bud is the alternative form of rosebud.

Words near rose-bud in the dictionary

  1. rose-acacias
  2. Rose-Anne
  3. rose-breasted cockatoo
  4. rose-breasted grosbeak
  5. rose-breasted grosbeaks
  6. rose-bud
  7. rose-colored
  8. rose-colored glasses
  9. rose-colored lenses
  10. rose-colored pastor
  11. rose-colored pastors

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