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rockrose |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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