Usually means: Bud of a rose flower.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word rosebud:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. rosebud: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. rosebud: Merriam-Webster
  3. rosebud: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. rosebud: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. rosebud: Collins English Dictionary
  6. rosebud: Vocabulary.com
  7. Rosebud, rosebud: Wordnik
  8. rosebud: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Rosebud, rosebud: Wiktionary
  10. rosebud: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. rosebud: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. rosebud: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Rosebud, rosebud: Dictionary.com
  14. Rosebud (The Simpsons), Rosebud (band), Rosebud (film), Rosebud, The Rosebud (diner): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Rosebud: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. rosebud: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. rosebud: Rhymezone
  18. Rosebud: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. rosebud: FreeDictionary.org
  20. rosebud: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. rosebud: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rosebud: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rosebud: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. rosebud, rosebud: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. rosebud: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See rosebuds as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The bud of a rose.
noun:  (British, sometimes as a term of endearment) A pretty young woman.
noun:  (US, rare) A debutante.
noun:  (rare) Any of assorted small seashells with a pink or partially pink color, usually of the family Muricidae.
noun:  (Cockney) A mouth.
noun:  (slang) the indentation of a surface caused by an incorrect hammer strike (missing the nail)
noun:  (vulgar, slang) The anus.
noun:  (British, historical) A member of the most junior division of the Girl Guides Association, now called a Brownie.
noun:  Something similar to the ‘Rosebud’ in the movie Citizen Kane in that it is a mysterious clue which provides profound insight into the character of a person.
noun:  A coastal town in Victoria, Australia, named after the wreck of the cargo ship "Rosebud".
noun:  A hamlet in Wheatland County, Alberta, Canada.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Wilcox County, Alabama, United States.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Warrick County, Indiana, United States.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Washington County, Indiana, United States.
noun:  A small city in Gasconade County, Missouri, United States.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Rosebud County, Montana, United States, probably named after the Rosebud Creek.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Stokes County, North Carolina, United States.
noun:  A census-designated place in Todd County, South Dakota, United States, situated on the Rosebud Indian Reservation.
noun:  A city in Falls County, Texas, United States.
noun:  A river in Alberta, Canada.

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