1. rockrose(n = noun.plant) rock rose - any of numerous varieties of helianthemums having small rose-like yellow or white or reddish flowers;
is a kind of helianthemum, sun rose, sunrose
2. rockrose(n = noun.plant) rock rose - 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;
is a kind of bush, shrub
is a member of cistus, genus cistus
has particulars: cistus albidus, white-leaved rockrose, cistus ladanifer, cistus ladanum, common gum cistus
A name given to any species of the genus