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
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
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
The smell of cistus was intense, hot, full of spices as the narrow streets of an oriental town at night.
From Rosinante to the Road Again by Dos Passos, John
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