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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A rocky area in which plants particularly adapted to such terrain are cultivated.
  2. n. A garden in which rocks are arranged and plants cultivated in a carefully designed, decorative scheme. Also called rockery.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a garden featuring rocks; usually alpine plants

Examples

  • “A path through the herb garden and beside a rock garden brought them to a brick-roofed passage several yards in length, and this opened on to the cloister.”

    St Peter's Finger

  • “I remember a rock garden treated in Japanese fashion with slender bridges and lanterns, dwarf maples and a pond with pink water-lilies floating on its surface.”

    Canadian Cities of Romance

  • “Ahhh, ohhh," Mela sighed as they came upon a crystal rock garden filled with sweetly scented white rock roses, tiny paper narcissi, and softly baa-aa-aaing white phlox.”

    The Color of Her Panties

  • “It showed a strange crystal rock garden with white rock roses and sheeplike white phlox.”

    The Color of Her Panties

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  1. rockery
  1. rock plant

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  • alexz a bed of large loose rocks which your bike wheels will slip around in. Jan 12, 2013

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