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Noun: rosebud  'rowz,búd
  1. The bud of a rose
    "He presented her with a single, perfect rosebud"
     
  2. (a literary reference to) a pretty young girl
    "The poet compared the debutante to a delicate rosebud"

Derived forms: rosebuds

Type of: bud, fille, girl, miss, missy [informal], young lady, young woman

Encyclopedia: Rosebud, Texas