rockrose

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Etymology

From rock +‎ rose.

Noun

rockrose (plural rockroses)

  1. Any of various plants in the family Cistaceae.
    • 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.
  2. Texas swampmallow (Pavonia lasiopetala, Malvaceae).
  3. flameflowers (Phemeranthus spp., Montiaceae).
  4. moss-rose purslane (Portulaca grandiflora, Portulacaceae).

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