rock rose

Questions about rock rose

What does rock rose mean?

rock rose means "any of numerous varieties of helianthemums having small rose-like yellow or white or reddish flowers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for rock rose?

Close synonyms include rockrose, rockrose. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rock rose a common word?

rock rose is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.