Noun: rosebud 'rowz,búd
- The bud of a rose
"He presented her with a single, perfect rosebud"
- (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