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ROCKROSE
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
Etymology
Noun
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.
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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
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CLINGFISH
(noun) very small (to 3 inches) flattened marine fish with a sucking disc on the abdomen for clinging to rocks etc.
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