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rockrose

rock·rose
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [rok-rohz]
    • /ˈrɒkˌroʊz/
    • /ˈrɑːˌkroz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [rok-rohz]
    • /ˈrɒkˌroʊz/

Definitions of rockrose word

  • noun rockrose any plant of the genus Cistus or some allied genus, as Helianthemum. 1
  • noun rockrose any related plant. 1
  • noun rockrose any of various cistaceous shrubs or herbaceous plants of the Eurasian genera Helianthemum, Tuberaria, and Cistus, cultivated for their yellow-white or reddish roselike flowers 0
  • noun rockrose cistus 0
  • adjective rockrose designating a family (Cistaceae, order Violales) of bushy dicotyledonous plants, including pinweed and cistus 0

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Origin of rockrose

First appearance:

before 1620
One of the 42% oldest English words
First recorded in 1620-30; rock1 + rose1

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Parts of speech for Rockrose

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

rockrose popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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