Found 2 items, similar to rockrose.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: rockrose
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
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Rockrose
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
Helianthemum vulgare and the American frostweed,
Helianthemum Canadense.
[1913 Webster]
Cretan rockrose, a related shrub (
Cistus Creticus), one
of the plants yielding the fragrant gum called
ladanum.
[1913 Webster]