Definition of "rosebush" [rose•bush]

• A flowering rose shrub. (noun)

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• "I want to know why the drafters of the Adult Use section think an industry that has never caused a single car accident or a single vomit-covered rosebush is being given more restrictions than the industry that causes these things weekly in Charlottesville: alcohol."
• "On each of the branches I put little tags with notes about cultivating our future love and marriage, I made him read each one before he planted the bush, Now our rosebush is a reminder of our love and how, with tenderness, nourishment, and care, it will continue to bloom and grow."
• "a rosebush could be a weed in a corn field, Queen Ann's Lace has a lovely fragrance ..."