small to medium-sized evergreen shrubs of southern Europe and North Africa
noun
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
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
noun
any of numerous varieties of helianthemums having small rose-like yellow or white or reddish flowers
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