Noun: rockrose 'rók,rowz
- 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
"The rockrose thrived in the hot, dry Mediterranean climate";
- rock rose
- Any of numerous varieties of helianthemums having small rose-like yellow, white or reddish flowers
"The delicate petals of the rockrose opened in the morning sun";
- rock rose
Derived forms: rockroses, rock roses
Type of: bush, helianthemum, shrub, sun rose, sunrose
Part of: Cistus, genus Cistus
Encyclopedia: Rockrose