Definition of Rockrose

Rock´rose`
n.1.(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.
Cretan rockrose
a related shrub (Cistus Creticus), one of the plants yielding the fragrant gum called ladanum.


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helianthemum, rock rose, sun rose, sunrose


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