rock·rose (r k r z )n. Any of various plants of the genera Cistus or Helianthemum having small roselike yellow, white, or reddish flowers. |
rockrose [ˈrɒkˌrəʊz]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various cistaceous shrubs or herbaceous plants of the Eurasian genera Helianthemum, Tuberaria, and Cistus, cultivated for their yellow-white or reddish roselike flowers
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| Noun | 1. |  rockrose - any of numerous varieties of helianthemums having small rose-like yellow or white or reddish flowershelianthemum, sun rose, sunrose - any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions |
| 2. | rockrose - 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 foliage Cistus, genus Cistus - small to medium-sized evergreen shrubs of southern Europe and North Africa Cistus albidus, white-leaved rockrose - compact white pubescent shrub of southwestern Europe having pink flowers Cistus ladanifer, Cistus ladanum, common gum cistus - shrub having white flowers and viscid stems and leaves yielding a fragrant oleoresin used in perfumes especially as a fixative |
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