What is "rosebud"

Rosebud \Rose"bud`\, n. The flower of a rose before it opens, or when but partially open.

1610s, from rose (n.1) + bud (n.). Hence, "young girl in her first bloom, a debutante."

n. 1 The bud of a rose. 2 (context British English) A pretty young woman or endearment term. 3 (context US rare English) A debutante. 4 (context rare English) Any of assorted small seashells with a pink or partially pink color, usually of the family Muricidae. 5 (context Cockney English) A mouth. 6 (context vulgar slang English) An anus. 7 (context slang English) the indentation of a surface caused by an incorrect hammer strike (missing the nail)

1. n. the bud of a rose

2. (a literary reference to) a pretty young girl

Rosebud may refer to:

• Rose bud, the bud of a rose flower

Rosebud was a historical Alberta provincial electoral district, created in 1905 when Alberta first became a province.

The riding was short lived, however, as it disappeared in 1909 when it was split to form the ridings of Cochrane and Didsbury as well as the north part of Rocky Mountain.

Rosebud is a 1975 film directed by Otto Preminger, and starring Peter O'Toole, Richard Attenborough, and Peter Lawford. The script was by Otto's son, Erik Lee Preminger, based on the novel by Joan Hemingway and . Originally the film was set to star Robert Mitchum, but he left after disagreements with Preminger. Kim Cattrall made her film début as a teenager. Barbara Emerson, who had been cast as one of the girls, was replaced during production.

The Rosebud egg is a jewelled enameled Easter egg made by Michael Perchin under the supervision of the Russian jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé in 1895, for Nicholas II of Russia, who presented the egg to his wife, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. It was the first egg that Nicholas presented to Alexandra.

Rosebud is an American literary magazine headquartered in Rockdale, Wisconsin. It was founded in 1993 by John Lehman, Publisher, Roderick Clark, Chief Editor, and Tom Pomplun, Art Director. Lehman retired from publication duties in 1998 but remains Editor-at-Large. Roderick Clark is Rosebud’s current publisher and managing editor. The magazine is published three times a year, and places an emphasis on its reading and enjoyment as printed material, though is does maintain an online presence.

"Rosebud" is the fourth episode of The Simpsons' fifth season. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 21, 1993. The episode begins by showing how on the eve of his birthday, Mr. Burns starts to miss his childhood teddy bear Bobo. The bear ends up in the hands of Maggie Simpson and Burns does everything in his power to get Bobo returned to him.

"Rosebud" was written by John Swartzwelder and was the first episode to be executive produced by David Mirkin, who was the show runner for the fifth and sixth seasons of the show. Directed by Wes Archer, supervising director David Silverman describes the episode as "one of the more challenging ones" to direct. The Ramones ( Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, C. J. Ramone and Marky Ramone) guest star in the episode as themselves. The episode is largely a parody of the 1941 film Citizen Kane and the title references Charles Foster Kane's dying word "Rosebud". The episode also contains references to The Wizard of Oz, Planet of the Apes, actor George Burns, Charles Lindbergh, and Adolf Hitler.

Critical reaction to "Rosebud" was largely positive and in 2003 Entertainment Weekly placed the episode in second place on their list of the 25 best episodes of The Simpsons.

Rosebud was the name of an American popular music group which released a single, eponymous album in 1971.

Its members were Judy Henske, Jerry Yester, Craig Doerge, John Seiter, and David Vaught. The album was a follow-up to the Henske-Yester collaboration, Farewell Aldebaran. Perhaps to its detriment, Rosebud was seen as a democratic enterprise, with all band members contributing songs and singing, broadly in a countryish soft rock style—rather than making the best use of Henske's remarkable voice and songwriting abilities. Following its release and a couple of live shows, the band split up, Henske and Yester divorced, and she and Doerge married.

Yester is credited as the producer of their lone album. The LP was released on the Straight/ Reprise label; the CD re-release in 2004 is on Collector's Choice.

Yester, Henske, and Doerge have continued to produce and record music, and Judy Henske has recently returned to the studio and has been touring as well.