单词 | rock rose |
释义 | rock rosen.ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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.). ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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). < n.1597 |
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