Definition of cistus in English:

cistus

noun ˈsɪstəs

A southern European shrub with large white or red flowers, from which the resin ladanum may be extracted.
Genus Cistus, family Cistaceae
Also called rock rose
Example sentencesExamples
- Olive trees planted in full sun look their best surrounded by scented herbs and silver-grey Mediterranean plants: helichrysum, cistus, lavender, myrtle and rosemary.
- These and plants such as lavatera, buddleia and cistus are generally not worth moving unless they have been in the ground for two or three years.
- A troop of singing peasants near the road were making mountain hay, full of clover, cistus, and thyme.
- Some of the native plants we found growing in the rocky limestone soils of the hills and mountains away from the coastal plains were familiar: cistus, helichrysum, euphorbia, thyme, fennel and rosemary.
- His garden has a ‘contemplative side’, with plants from China and Japan, including maples and Himalayan poppies, and a sunnier, Mediterranean side, with euphorbia, osteospermum, sedums, cistus and lavenders.

Origin

Modern Latin, from Greek kistos.

单词	cistus
释义	Definition of cistus in English: cistus noun ˈsɪstəs A southern European shrub with large white or red flowers, from which the resin ladanum may be extracted. Genus Cistus, family Cistaceae Also called rock rose Example sentencesExamples Olive trees planted in full sun look their best surrounded by scented herbs and silver-grey Mediterranean plants: helichrysum, cistus, lavender, myrtle and rosemary. These and plants such as lavatera, buddleia and cistus are generally not worth moving unless they have been in the ground for two or three years. A troop of singing peasants near the road were making mountain hay, full of clover, cistus, and thyme. Some of the native plants we found growing in the rocky limestone soils of the hills and mountains away from the coastal plains were familiar: cistus, helichrysum, euphorbia, thyme, fennel and rosemary. His garden has a ‘contemplative side’, with plants from China and Japan, including maples and Himalayan poppies, and a sunnier, Mediterranean side, with euphorbia, osteospermum, sedums, cistus and lavenders. Origin Modern Latin, from Greek kistos.
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