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

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cistus

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

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 12, 2016

So we drove on among the cistus bushes and I asked him about the lottery. 

From Diversions in Sicily by Jones, Henry Festing

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

I know not; the cistus is brown now, the rest all deep and brilliant green.

From Heroes of the Telegraph by Munro, John

But after an hour’s ride we came into a forest which already showed summer signs; and here we found again the anemone, the purple and white cistus, among shrubs of mastich and arbutus.

From Rambles and Studies in Greece by Mahaffy, J. P.