rockrose

rock·rose

R0279900 (rŏk′rōz′)n. Any of various often shrubby plants of the family Cistaceae and especially the genus Cistus, having small roselike yellow, white, or reddish flowers.

rockrose

(ˈrɒkˌrəʊz) n (Plants) any of various cistaceous shrubs or herbaceous plants of the Eurasian genera Helianthemum, Tuberaria, and Cistus, cultivated for their yellow-white or reddish roselike flowers

rock•rose

(ˈrɒkˌroʊz)

n. any of various plants of the family Cistaceae, esp. of the genus Cistus, having simple, usu. opposite leaves and flowers sometimes resembling a rose. [1620–30]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rockrose - any of numerous varieties of helianthemums having small rose-like yellow or white or reddish flowersrock rosehelianthemum, sun rose, sunrose - any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions
	2.	rockrose - 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 foliagerock roseCistus, genus Cistus - small to medium-sized evergreen shrubs of southern Europe and North AfricaCistus albidus, white-leaved rockrose - compact white pubescent shrub of southwestern Europe having pink flowersCistus ladanifer, Cistus ladanum, common gum cistus - shrub having white flowers and viscid stems and leaves yielding a fragrant oleoresin used in perfumes especially as a fixativebush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems