rockrose, rock rose
(noun) 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
rockrose, rock rose
(noun) any of numerous varieties of helianthemums having small rose-like yellow or white or reddish flowers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
rockrose (plural rockroses)
Plants in the family Cistaceae, the "rock rose family" or sunroses.
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), flameflower.
Portulaca grandiflora (Portulacaceae) moss-rose purslane.
• Crookers
Source: Wiktionary
Rock"rose`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 January 2025
(noun) a severe dermatitis of herbivorous domestic animals attributable to photosensitivity from eating Saint John’s wort
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
