rockrose

noun rock·rose \ˈräk-ˌrōz\

Definition of ROCKROSE

: any of a genus (Cistus of the family Cistaceae, the rockrose family) of shrubs or woody herbs of the Mediterranean region with simple entire leaves, roselike flowers, and a capsular fruit

First Known Use of ROCKROSE

1731

Rhymes with ROCKROSE

appose, bluenose, brownnose, compose, depose, dextrose, disclose, dispose, dog rose, enclose, expose, foreclose, fructose, glucose, hardnose, impose, Montrose, moss rose, musk rose, old rose, oppose, primrose, propose, pug nose, repose, suppose, transpose, tuberose, unclose, viscose, wind rose

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