rockrose
nounEtymology From rock + rose.
1
Any of various plants in the family Cistaceae.
- Sometimes I lost track of them and had to hunt round in a circle, thrusting through sharp-scented bushes, scratching myself on various plants which were still new to me: resinaceous rock-roses [translating cistes], juniper, ilex, yellow and white asphodel.1962, Simone de Beauvoir, translated by Peter Green, The Prime of Life, Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Company, translation of La Force de l'âge, →OCLC, page 77:
2
Texas swampmallow (Pavonia lasiopetala, Malvaceae).
3
flameflowers (Phemeranthus spp., Montiaceae).
4
moss-rose purslane (Portulaca grandiflora, Portulacaceae).
- Derived terms
- Alpine rockrose, Carolina rockrose, common rockrose, Cretan rockrose, dwarf rockrose, Egyptian rockrose, hoary rockrose, Mediterranean rockrose, rockrose clearwing, shrubby rockrose, smooth needle-rockrose, Sydney rockrose, Syrian rockrose, thyme-leaved rockrose, white rockrose, willow-leaved rockrose, yellow rockrose