Definition of Sunrose

1. Noun. Any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions.


Definition of Sunrose

1. Noun. rockrose ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sunrose

sunray lamp
sunray pleat
sunrays
sunrise
sunrise(a)
sunrise industry
sunrise period
sunrise periods
sunrises
sunrising
sunrist
sunroof
sunroofs
sunroom
sunrooms
sunrose (current term)
sunroses
suns
sunscald
sunscalded
sunscalding
sunscalds
sunscreen
sunscreening
sunscreens
sunseed
sunseeds
sunseeker
sunseekers
sunset

Literary usage of Sunrose

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Alpine Flowers for Gardens: Rock, Wall, Marsh Plants, and Mountain Shrubs by William Robinson (1910)
"If we had only the varieties of our native sunrose, they would be a precious aid ... The pretty annual spotted sunrose, found in the Channel Islands, ..."

2. Alpine Flowers for English Gardens by William Robinson (1870)
"Common sunrose. A WELL-KNOWN British under-shrub, growing in dry pastures ... The pretty annual spotted sunrose (H. guttatum), found in the Channel Islands, ..."

3. Hardy Flowers: Descriptions of Upwards of Thirteen Hundred of the Most by William Robinson (1878)
"Helianthemum venustum (Showy sunrose).—A hardy evergreen trailer, with ascending stems, about 6 in. high. Flowers, in summer; deep red, about f in. across, ..."

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