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

Captain Widdrington mentions four sorts he found in flower—the gum cistus, a large white species without spots, a smaller white, and the purple kind common in English gardens.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 by Various

The valley is bounded by ridges of no great elevation, partially covered with a shrubbery of myrtle, cistus, and other such underwood, among rocks and cliffs worn by the waters into fantastic shapes.

From Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. by Forester, Thomas

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

Any dead cistus or remnant of a sand-submerged pine collects around it that shifting substance, and half-hidden amidst these my stags were trotting forward when I gave them my double salute.

From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.