Category:Rockrose

Rock"rose`, n. (bot.)

Defn: a name given to any species of the genus helianthemum, low Shrubs or herbs with yellow flowers, especially the european h. Vulgare and the american frostweed, h. Canadense. Cretan rockrose, a Related shrub (cistus creticus), one of the plants yielding the Fragrant gum called ladanum.