also: ばらのつぼみ
rosebud
Refers to the bud of a rose flower, often used in poetic or descriptive contexts.
The rosebuds in the garden are starting to swell.
She put a single rosebud in a vase.
Common mixed spelling with katakana for バラ and kanji for 蕾.
Full kanji spelling; 薔薇 is a difficult kanji and less common in everyday writing.
Kanji for 薔薇 with kana for つぼみ; less common than mixed or kana spellings.
Compound of バラ (rose) + の (possessive particle) + 蕾 (bud). The kanji 薔薇 is a jukujikun reading for 'rose'.