rockrose

noun ! Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about rockrose at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

1. Any of numerous varieties of helianthemums having small rose-like yellow or white or reddish flowers.
2. 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.