Rockrose - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Rockrose :  (noun)
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]

Based on WordNet 2.0

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 H. vulgare and the American frostweed, H. Canadense.

Cretan_rockrose,_a_related_shrub_({Cistus_Creticus">Cretan rockrose, a related shrub ({Cistus Creticus), one of the plants yielding the fragrant gum called ladanum.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)

Example Usage of Rockrose

ocsdblotter: 3/20/2010 9:59:02 PM: DISTURBANCE-MUSIC OR PARTY-Rockrose // PEPPERTREE, AV
LittleWaif: Prudential Fox & Roach Real Estate | 131 Rockrose Drive: http://bit.ly/c7F9kf via @addthis
t_kazaki: Rockroseの1曲目は風が吹く丘のシルエットを感じさせて良いぞ。
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