rockrose
NounUS[rok-rohz]/ˈrɑˌkroʊz/2 syllables
Synonyms:
rock rose
Open English WordNet
Noun (2)
- any of numerous varieties of helianthemums having small rose-like yellow or white or reddish flowersSynonyms: rock roseType of helianthemum, sunrose
- small shrubs of scrub and dry woodland regions of southern Europe and North Africa; grown for their showy flowers and soft often downy and aromatic evergreen foliageSynonyms: rock roseType of shrub, bushKinds white-leaved rockrose, common gum cistusMember of Cistus, genus Cistus
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Rock′rose′ noun
Botany A name given to any species of the genus Helianthemum, low shrubs or herbs with yellow flowers, especially the European Helianthemum vulgare and the American frostweed, Helianthemum Canadense.
Cretan rockrose, a related shrub (Cistus Creticus), one of the plants yielding the fragrant gum called ladanum.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54