sunrose (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *sunrose*:
NOUN	plant	sunrose, helianthemum, sun rose	any plant of the genus Helianthemum

English > *sunrose*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions.
Synonyms	helianthemum, sun rose
Member of	genus Helianthemum	widely distributed evergreen or semi-evergreen shrublets
Narrower	frostweed, frost-weed, frostwort, Helianthemum canadense, Crocanthemum canadense	perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers
	rockrose, rock rose	Any of numerous varieties of helianthemums having small rose-like yellow or white or reddish flowers
	rush rose, Helianthemum scoparium	woody yellow-flowered perennial of southeastern United States
Broader	shrub, bush	A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
Spanish	helianthemum, sunrose
Catalan	sunrose

HyperDic: sunrose