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SUNROSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sunrose mean? 

SUNROSE (noun)
  The noun SUNROSE has 1 sense:

1. any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regionsplay

  Familiarity information: SUNROSE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SUNROSE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

helianthemum; sun rose; sunrose

Hypernyms ("sunrose" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sunrose"):

Crocanthemum canadense; frost-weed; frostweed; frostwort; Helianthemum canadense (perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers; so-called because ice crystals form on it during first frosts)

rock rose; rockrose (any of numerous varieties of helianthemums having small rose-like yellow or white or reddish flowers)

Helianthemum scoparium; rush rose (woody yellow-flowered perennial of southeastern United States)

Holonyms ("sunrose" is a member of...):

genus Helianthemum (widely distributed evergreen or semi-evergreen shrublets; America; Europe and North Africa to Asia Minor and central Asia)


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