Definition of "rosebud" [rose•bud]

• The bud of a rose. (noun)

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• "The fragment of coral, a tiny crinkle of pink like a sugar rosebud from a cake, rolled across the mat."
• ""There she goes!" echoed Constance Hopkins and Remember Allerton, who with Elizabeth Tilley constituted what may be called the rosebud division of the Pilgrim girls, all glowing in the freshness of early youth, all comely, strong, and vivacious."
• "It's "rosebud" in Greek, fitting because she's so delicate."