rock rose

Other forms: rock roses

Definitions of rock rose

1. noun

   any of numerous varieties of helianthemums having small rose-like yellow or white or reddish flowers
   synonyms: rockrose

   type of:

   helianthemum, sun rose, sunrose

   any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions
2. 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
   synonyms: rockrose

   types:

   Cistus albidus, white-leaved rockrose

   compact white pubescent shrub of southwestern Europe having pink flowers

   Cistus 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 fixative

   type of:

   bush, shrub

   a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems