Cistus

cistus

(ˈsɪstəs) n (Plants) any plant of the genus Cistus. See rockrose[C16: New Latin, from Greek kistos]

Thesaurus

Noun

Cistus - small to medium-sized evergreen shrubs of southern Europe and North Africagenus Cistusdilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbsCistaceae, family Cistaceae, rockrose family - shrubs or woody herbs of temperate regions especially Mediterraneanrock rose, rockrose - small shrubs of scrub and dry woodland regions of southern Europe and North Africa; grown for their showy flowers and soft often downy and aromatic evergreen foliage

Cistus

a genus of plants of the family Cistaceae. They are shrubs, measuring up to 2 m tall, with opposite, entire, deciduous leaves. The flowers, which are up to 8 cm in diameter, are white, pink, red, or purple; they are in cymes or, more rarely, they are solitary. The fruit is capsule. There are approximately 20 species, distributed on the Canary Islands, in the Mediterranean region, and further east to Transcaucasia and Iran. These plants are characteristic of the Mediterranean maquis. Two species are found in the USSR—Cistus tauricus, which grows on the southern coast of the Crimea and in Western Transcaucasia and sage-leaved cistus (C. salvifolius), which is also found in Western Transcaucasia. Several species of Cistus are cultivated as ornamentals.

Cistus

noun

Synonyms for Cistus

noun small to medium-sized evergreen shrubs of southern Europe and North Africa

Synonyms

genus Cistus

Related Words

dilleniid dicot genus
Cistaceae
family Cistaceae
rockrose family
rock rose
rockrose

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