Definition of helianthemum Helianthemum

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What does helianthemum mean?

Noun Plural: helianthemums
helianthemum - any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions
		sunrose, sun rose
		shrub, bush a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
		genus helianthemum widely distributed evergreen or semi-evergreen shrublets; America; Europe and North Africa to Asia Minor and central Asia
		crocanthemum canadense, frostwort, helianthemum canadense, frost-weed, frostweed 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 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