cistus
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of cistus
C16: New Latin, from Greek kistos
Example Sentences
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Big pots hold clipped evergreens, and the driveway is lined with rosemary, cistus and euphorbia.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 12, 2016
The flowery cistus flourished on the eminence, and cork-trees, chestnuts, and willows shielded us from the fierceness of the sun.
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) by O'Shea, John Augustus
The flowers of the field were chiefly cistus, red or white, and hollyhocks four feet high.
From Byeways in Palestine by Finn, James
In the moments when the sun shone the heat made the sticky cistus bushes with the glistening white flowers all about me reek with pungence.
From Rosinante to the Road Again by Dos Passos, John
There was also a curious black clematis and several species of broom and rock cistus.
From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Howard-Bury, Charles Kenneth
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