Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rockrose"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rockrose \Rock"rose`\, n. (Bot.)
A name given to any species of the genus {Helianthemum}, low
shrubs or herbs with yellow flowers, especially the European
{H. vulgare} and the American frostweed, {H. Canadense}.
{Cretan rockrose}, a related shrub ({Cistus Creticus}), one
of the plants yielding the fragrant gum called ladanum.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rockrose
n 1: any of numerous varieties of helianthemums having small
roselike yellow or white or reddish flowers [syn: {rock
rose}]
2: 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 [syn: {rock
rose}]
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