SUN ROSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sun rose mean? 

• SUN ROSE (noun)
  The noun SUN ROSE has 1 sense:

1. any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions

  Familiarity information: SUN ROSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUN ROSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

helianthemum; sun rose; sunrose

Hypernyms ("sun 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 "sun rose"):

Crocanthemum canadense; frost-weed; frostweed; frostwort; Helianthemum canadense (perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers; so-called because ice crystals form on it during first frosts)

rock rose; rockrose (any of numerous varieties of helianthemums having small rose-like yellow or white or reddish flowers)

Helianthemum scoparium; rush rose (woody yellow-flowered perennial of southeastern United States)

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

genus Helianthemum (widely distributed evergreen or semi-evergreen shrublets; America; Europe and North Africa to Asia Minor and central Asia)

 Context examples 

The sun rose; I heard the voices of men and knew that it was impossible to return to my retreat during that day.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Each day the sun rose earlier and set later.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

At last the sun rose, and then my companions seemed to sleep easier.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

At last, as she was dropping asleep, morning broke, and the sun rose.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

They produced no effect, however, until the regular time, when she yielded with a still greater difficulty, only a minute before the sun rose.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The sun rose brightly, and all morning the man tottered and fell toward the ship on the shining sea.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

With little Adele in my arms, I watched the slumber of childhood—so tranquil, so passionless, so innocent—and waited for the coming day: all my life was awake and astir in my frame: and as soon as the sun rose I rose too.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The night passed away, and the sun rose from the ocean; my feelings became calmer, if it may be called calmness when the violence of rage sinks into the depths of despair.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

I waited here all the night till the sun rose, but I saw nothing.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

When it became noon, and the sun rose higher, I lay down on the grass and was overpowered by a deep sleep.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)