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rosebush

/ˈɹoʊzˌbʊʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

Syllables
rose-bush
IPA
/ˈɹoʊzˌbʊʃ/
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The shrub that roses grow on: a rose plant.

name

A surname from German, variant of Rosenbaum and Rosenbusch.

name

A small village in Maenclochog community, Pembrokeshire, Wales, named after the Rosebush quarry, and possibly an Anglicisation of Welsh Rhos y Bwlch or Rhosbwlch (OS grid ref SN0729).

name

A village in Isabella County, Michigan, United States, named after Rose Bush, wife of James Bush.

Etymology

From rose + bush.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈɹoʊzˌbʊʃ/

Inflected Forms

rosebushes (plural) Rosebushs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

rose bush

Synonyms

rosier rose

Questions

How do you pronounce rosebush?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹoʊzˌbʊʃ/.
What does rosebush mean?
The shrub that roses grow on: a rose plant.
Where does rosebush come from?
It is traced to German.

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