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Definition of Rockrose

1. Noun. Any of numerous varieties of helianthemums having small rose-like yellow or white or reddish flowers.

2. Noun. 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.

Definition of Rockrose

1. n. 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.

Definition of Rockrose

1. Noun. Any species of the genus ''Helianthemum'', low shrubs or herbs with yellow flowers, especially the European ''H. vulgare'' and the American frostweed, ''H. canadense''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rockrose

1. a flowering plant [n -S]

Medical Definition of Rockrose

1. 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rockrose

rockism rockist rockists rocklay rocklays rockless rocklike rockling rocklings rockmelon

rockmelons rockoon rockoons rockpile rockpiles rockrose (current term) rockrose family rockroses rocks along rocksalt

rockscape rockscapes rockshaft rockshafts rockslide rockslides rockstar rockstardom rockstars

Literary usage of Rockrose

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

1. Nantucket Wild Flowers by Alice Owen Albertson (1921)
"... July-September Canadian rockrose, Scrofula'Plant. Helianthemum: from Greek for sun and flower, in allusion to the fact that the flowers open mostly in ..."

2. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"... rockrose FAMILY. Shrubby or low herbaceous plants, with regular flowers ; a persistent calyx of 5 sepals, two of them exterior and resembling bracts ..."

3. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy for Students of Pharmacy, and by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"E, OR rockrose FAMILY. A family of low shrubs and herbs, of which there are about 150 species. They are found chiefly in the northern countries of both ..."

4. Field, Forest, and Garden Botany: A Simple Introduction to the Common Plants by Asa Gray (1895)
"... rockrose FAMILY. Shrubby or low herbaceous plants, with regular flowers; a persistent calyx of 5 sepals, two of them exterior and resembling bracts; ..."

5. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"A Eurasian plant, long cultivated, running into many forms and offered by the trade under many specific names. It is the best rockrose in cultivation. ..."

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