rock rose
1. any of numerous varieties of helianthemums having small rose-like yellow or white or reddish flowers • Syn: rockrose • Hypernyms: helianthemum, sunrose, sun rose 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 • Syn: rockrose • Hypernyms: shrub, bush • Hyponyms: white-leaved rockrose, Cistus albidus, common gum cistus, Cistus ladanifer, Cistus ladanum • Member Holonyms: Cistus, genus Cistus
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