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单词 rock rose
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rock rosen.

Brit. /ˈrɒk ˌrəʊz/, U.S. /ˈrɑk ˌroʊz/
Forms: see rock n.1 and rose n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rock n.1, rose n.1
Etymology: < rock n.1 + rose n.1
1. The auricula, Primula auricula, a type of primrose found growing among rocks in mountainous areas of central Europe. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > primrose and allied flowers > primrose or auricula
primrosea1425
primula1526
petty mullein1578
bear's ear1597
bear's ear sanicle1597
bird's eye1597
mountain cowslip1597
rock rose1597
French cowslip1629
auricula1655
polyanthusa1678
polyanth1757
Scotch primrose1777
plumrose1787
plumrock1789
bird's eye primrose1796
Chinese primrose1825
dusty miller1825
Jack-in-the-box1850
Jack in the green1875
polyanthus primrose1882
boar's-ears-
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. cclxii. 643 It is there called the rocke-rose, for that it groweth vpon the rocks, and resembleth the braue colour of the rose.
2. Probably: a variety of the garland-flower, Daphne cneorum (family Thymelaeaceae), a pink-flowered shrub native to the mountainous areas of central Europe. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > daphnes > [noun]
laureolec1386
Daphnec1430
mezereona1500
laurel1548
daffadowndilly1591
Dutch mezereon1597
herb terrible1597
spurge laurel1597
widow wail1597
rock rose1629
spurge olive1668
spurge flax1678
wood laurel1728
mezereum1754
Daphnad1847
spurge Daphne1872
1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole 397 Cneorum Matthioli, Small Rocke Roses.
1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) App. iv. 1596 The Germans call it Stein Roselin: and wee may call it Rocke Rose, or dwarfe Oleander.
3. Any of numerous flowering shrubs of the family Cistaceae; esp. any of those belonging to the genus Cistus or the genus Helianthemum (formerly united in the Linnaean genus Cistus), which are chiefly Eurasian in origin and inhabit dry rocky soils (cf. cistus n.).
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > rock-rose and allies
sunflower1597
rock rose1731
rock cistus1741
helianthemum1822
sun rose1822
1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Cistus The Male Cistus or Rock Rose, with oblong hoary Leaves.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. App. Rock-rose, a name sometimes given to the Cistus of botanists.
1796 W. H. Marshall Planting II. 66 The Curled Cistus, or Waved-leaved Rock Rose.
1825 J. Hogg Queen Hynde 14 The day-breeze play'd in eddies weak, And waved the rock-rose to her cheek.
1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 350 South Europe and the north of Africa are the countries that Rock Roses chiefly inhabit.
1882 Garden 10 June 405/2 Rock Roses (Helianthemum) give also striking masses of various colours—golden yellow, rose, and salmon-coloured.
a1921 A. Teixeira de Mattos tr. J. H. Fabre Insect World of J. H. Fabre (1991) xxxvi. 291 Her favorite shrub is the white-leaved rock-rose (Cistus albidus), with the large, pink, crumpled, ephemeral blooms that last but a morning.
1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 126/2 In some places..rock-rose can grow so densely that on warm, breezy days, its pollen scents the air for hundreds of yards around.
4. Australian rock rose: see Australian n. and adj. Compounds.
5. North American. The plant bitter root, Lewisia rediviva (family Portulacaceae), a small perennial herb native to western North America with solitary pink or white flowers on leafless stems.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > non-British flowers > North American
innocent1600
lychnidea1733
swamp lily1737
atamasco lily1743
phlox1754
lychnis1760
painted cup1776
mountain pink1818
phacelia1818
innocence1821
Nemophila1822
clarkia1827
Physostegia1830
bitter root1838
standing cypress1841
false mermaid1845
lion's heart1845
shooting star1856
lewisia1863
satin flower1871
fame-flower1879
baby blue-eyes1887
mayflower1892
agastache1900
obedient plant1900
Pennsylvania anemone1900
rock rose1906
Virginia bluebell1934
parsley1936
poached egg flower1963
poached eggs1971
poached egg plant1977
1906 Contrib. U.S. National Herbarium XI. 49 The rock~rose or bitterroot..occurs abundantly in crevices of ‘scab’, making a brave show with its beautiful rose-colored flowers.
1950 W. O. Douglas Of Men & Mountains iv. 49 There in the sage at my feet was a scattering of the bitterroot or rockrose.
1963 Beaver Autumn 53/1 The rolling hills, cactus and rock roses..flooded the dry land with character and colour.
2000 B. Long Backtracking viii. 145 The Bitterroot Mountains..are named for a flowering plant, the bitterroot or rock rose. The plant is a traditional staple of the Salish and Kootenai diet.
6. Geology (chiefly U.S.). = rose n.1 11d.
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the world > the earth > minerals > mineral structure or appearance > [noun] > crystal structure > specific form
needlestone1805
rose1851
spodiosite1887
rosette1905
sand-barite1906
allotriomorph1914
desert rose1929
rock rose1933
peloid1963
1933 Amer. Mineralogist 18 261 The barite occurs as sand barites or barite rosettes (locally called ‘rock roses’) and barite accretions.
1977 A. Hallam Planet Earth 85 (caption) Desert roses (or rock roses) display one of the more unusual modes of occurrence of evaporitic minerals.
1994 D. T. J. Hurle Handbk. Crystal Growth II. xviii. 1169 Desert places like Arizona, where ‘rock roses’ and pyritic ‘suns’..are found in large numbers in souvenir shops.

Compounds

attributive. Designating a tribe, family, or other taxonomic group to which the rock roses (sense 3) belong.
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1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 151 Cistineæ. The Rock-Rose Tribe.
1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. ii. iii. 455 Cistaceæ.—The Rock-Rose Order.
1902 Amer. Naturalist 36 229 In the Cistaceæ, or rock-rose family, the genus Helianthemum (frostweed) has large yellow flowers, which throughout the day follow the sun.
1963 Times 19 Mar. 14/3 There are fears for the evergreen shrubs from Mediterranean and warmer parts of the world, in particular Cistus the rock rose family.
1994 W. Gaddis Frolic of his Own 304 The screen came dispiritedly to life on a visit to a lackluster member of the Cistaceae or rockrose family, Helianthemum dumosum.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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