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noun

any shrub of the genus Crossosoma, native to the arid regions of the southwestern U.S., having thick, narrow leaves and solitary flowers.

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Origin of rock flower

First recorded in 1810–20

Words nearby rock flower

rock fence, Rock fever, rock-fill dam, rockfish, rock flour, rock flower, Rockford, rock garden, rock glacier, Rockhampton, Rock Hill

How to use rock flower in a sentence

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He felt his body grow limp (like one of those high-speed films of a flower wilting).
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And, as the enigmatic front man to an avant garde indie rock group, he is droll, perceptive, and splendidly weird.
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My ball bounced back and the rock rolled just a little bit forward.
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I think 2014 was my big rock and roll year, and 2015 is gonna be a really good year to hang around the house.
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Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.
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The offspring of the ungodly shall not bring forth many branches, and make a noise as unclean roots upon the top of a rock.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
There lay Bob Rock, covered with blood, and apparently insensible.
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The flower stems on the American varieties are much longer than those of European tobaccos and also larger.
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When she heard it there came before her imagination the figure of a man standing beside a desolate rock on the seashore.
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