Definition of cistus Cistus
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What does cistus mean?
WordNet
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| cistus - small to medium-sized evergreen shrubs of southern Europe and North Africa | ||
| genus Cistus | ||
| dilleniid dicot genus genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs | ||
| cistaceae, family cistaceae, rockrose family shrubs or woody herbs of temperate regions especially Mediterranean | ||
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Wiktionary 
- cistus (Noun)
A rock-rose; a plant of the genus.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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cistus
sis′tus, n. Rock-rose, a genus of exogenous shrubby plants, cultivated for the beauty of their flowers:—pl. Cis′tuses (-ēz) and Cis′ti (′tī). [Low L., from Gr. kistos, the rock-rose.]
