{Cretan rockrose}, a related shrub ({Cistus Creticus}), one of the plants yielding the fragrant gum called {ladanum}. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
rockrose — [räk′rōz΄] n. CISTUS adj. designating a family (Cistaceae, order Violales) of bushy dicotyledonous plants, including pinweed and cistus … English World dictionary
rockrose — noun Date: 1731 any of a genus (Cistus of the family Cistaceae, the rockrose family) of shrubs or woody herbs of the Mediterranean region with simple entire leaves, roselike flowers, and a capsular fruit … New Collegiate Dictionary
rockrose — noun 1. any of numerous varieties of helianthemums having small rose like yellow or white or reddish flowers • Syn: ↑rock rose • Hypernyms: ↑helianthemum, ↑sunrose, ↑sun rose 2. small shrubs of scrub and dry woodland regions of southern Europe… … Useful english dictionary
rockrose family — the plant family Cistaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple, usually opposite leaves, solitary or clustered flowers, and capsular fruit, and including the frostweed, pinweed, and rockrose. * * * … Universalium
rockrose family — noun shrubs or woody herbs of temperate regions especially Mediterranean • Syn: ↑Cistaceae, ↑family Cistaceae • Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Parietales, ↑order Parietales, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
rockrose — /rok rohz /, n. 1. any plant of the genus Cistus or some allied genus, as Helianthemum. 2. any related plant. [1620 30; ROCK1 + ROSE] * * * … Universalium
rockrose — n. perennial plant with small yellow flowers that resemble wild roses … English contemporary dictionary
rockrose — rock•rose [[t]ˈrɒkˌroʊz[/t]] n. pln any of various plants of the family Cistaceae, esp. of the genus Cistus, having simple, usu. opposite leaves and flowers sometimes resembling a rose • Etymology: 1620–30 … From formal English to slang
rockrose — /ˈrɒkroʊz/ (say rokrohz) noun 1. any plant of the genus Cistus or some allied genus, as Helianthemum. 2. any plant of the family Cistaceae. {rock1 + rose1} …
Cretan rockrose — 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]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
