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cistaceous
[ si-stey-shuhs ]
/ sɪˈsteɪ ʃəs /
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adjective
belonging to the Cistaceae, the rockrose family of plants.
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Origin of cistaceous
Words nearby cistaceous
cissing, cissoid, cissus, Cissy, cist, cistaceous, Cistercian, cistern, cisterna, cistern barometer, cis-trans test
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British Dictionary definitions for cistaceous
cistaceous
/ (sɪˈsteɪʃəs) /
adjective
of, relating to, or belonging to the Cistaceae, a family of shrubby or herbaceous plants that includes the rockroses
Word Origin for cistaceous
C19: from New Latin Cistaceae, from Greek kistos rockrose
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