'Rockrose' definitions:
Definition of 'rockrose'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any of numerous varieties of helianthemums having small rose-like yellow or white or reddish flowers [syn: rockrose, rock rose]
noun
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: rockrose, rock rose]
Definition of 'Rockrose'
From: GCIDE
- 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 Helianthemum vulgare and the American frostweed, Helianthemum Canadense. [1913 Webster]
- Cretan rockrose, a related shrub (Cistus Creticus), one of the plants yielding the fragrant gum called ladanum. [1913 Webster]