rockrose

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rockrose - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

rockrose - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  rockrose
      n 1: any of numerous varieties of helianthemums having small
           rose-like yellow or white or reddish flowers [syn:
           rockrose, 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:
         rockrose, rock rose]