cistus

British  

/ ˈsɪstəs /

noun

1. any plant of the genus Cistus See rockrose

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Etymology

Origin of cistus

C16: New Latin, from Greek kistos

Example Sentences

Big pots hold clipped evergreens, and the driveway is lined with rosemary, cistus and euphorbia.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 12, 2016

On the right rises the hillside, clothed with myrtle, lentisk, cistus, and pale yellow coronilla—a tangle as sweet with scent as it is gay with blossom.

From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series by Symonds, John Addington

That his eyes were busy is evident from the particulars given in his letter, where he notes the yellow thistles and 'Scotch-looking gowans' which grow there, along with the cistus and the fig-tree.

From Heroes of the Telegraph by Munro, John

The same plants grow from both alike—spurge, cistus, rue, and henbane, constant to the desolation of abandoned dwellings.

From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series by Brown, Horatio Robert Forbes

In their hands were soon seen posies of the lovely grass of Parnassus, the mountain cistus, and the bright blue geranium.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. by Various