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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 rock·rose /ˈrɑkˌroz/
 岩薔薇

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Rock·rose n. Bot. A name given to any species of the genus Helianthemum, low shrubs or herbs with yellow flowers, especially the European Helianthemum vulgare and the American frostweed, Helianthemum Canadense.
 Cretan rockrose, a related shrub (Cistus Creticus), one of the plants yielding the fragrant gum called ladanum.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 rockrose
      n 1: any of numerous varieties of helianthemums having small
           roselike yellow or white or reddish flowers [syn: rock
            rose]
      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 [syn: rock
          rose]