ROCK ROSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rock rose mean? 

• ROCK ROSE (noun)
  The noun ROCK ROSE has 2 senses:

1. any of numerous varieties of helianthemums having small rose-like yellow or white or reddish flowers

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

  Familiarity information: ROCK ROSE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROCK ROSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of numerous varieties of helianthemums having small rose-like yellow or white or reddish flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

rock rose; rockrose

Hypernyms ("rock rose" is a kind of...):

helianthemum; sun rose; sunrose (any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

rock rose; rockrose

Hypernyms ("rock rose" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rock rose"):

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)

Holonyms ("rock rose" is a member of...):

Cistus; genus Cistus (small to medium-sized evergreen shrubs of southern Europe and North Africa)