rockrose means any of various plants in the family Cistaceae. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 92 out of 100.
Etymology
From rock + rose.
noun
- Any of various plants in the family Cistaceae.“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.”
- Texas swampmallow (Pavonia lasiopetala, Malvaceae).
- flameflowers (Phemeranthus spp., Montiaceae).
- moss-rose purslane (Portulaca grandiflora, Portulacaceae).