cistus
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of cistus
C16: New Latin, from Greek kistos
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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
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
He drove us along between flowery fields of cistus until the temples of Selinunte came in sight, then down to the Marinella, a handful of houses on the shore under the low cliff.
From Diversions in Sicily by Henry Festing Jones
They went on some miles across a desolate country, covered with heath, rosemary, and gum cistus, more fragrant than the many rank bulbous plants, which disputed possession of the soil with them.
From The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters by Sue Petigru Bowen
Each tuft of the red-flowered cistus has its band of musicians, and each bush of fragrant lavender.
From Social Life in the Insect World by Bernard Miall
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