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Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]rockrose (plural rockroses)
- Any of various plants in the family Cistaceae.
- Synonym: sunrose
- 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:
- 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.
- (especially) Any species of the genus Helianthemum, low shrubs or herbs with yellow flowers, especially the European Helianthemum nummularium (syn. Helianthum vulgare) and the American frostweed, Helianthum canadense.
- Pavonia lasiopetala (Malvaceae), Texas swampmallow.
- Phemeranthus spp. (Montiaceae), flameflowers.
- Portulaca grandiflora (Portulacaceae) moss-rose purslane.
Derived terms
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[edit]Helianthum
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References
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