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cistus

/ˈsɪstəs/

cistus noun: a rockrose; a plant of the genus Cistus.

cistus: a rockrose; a plant of the genus Cistus
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Noun

cistus (plural cistuses or cisti)

  1. A rockrose; a plant of the genus Cistus.
    • drawing his huge ungainly form from the soft cushion of moss, where the daisies and golden cistus flowers had shut their eyes for the night1892, Emma Marshall, Bristol Bells
    • Everywhere in spring the ground is carpeted with a profusion of wild-flowers, cistus and brown orchis, narcissus and the scarlet anemone; sometimes the forest scenery sweeps away, and leaves us among olive-grounds and orange-gardens arranged in formal, picturesque rows.1876, John Richard Greene, Stray Studies from England and Italy

cistus meaning in Tamil

cistus in Tamil

புதாச்செடி

Forms of cistus

pluralcistuses
pluralcisti

Origin of cistus

Borrowed from translingual Cistus.

Words formed from cistus

Questions about cistus

What does cistus mean?
Cistus means a rockrose; a plant of the genus Cistus.
What is cistus in Tamil?
Cistus in Tamil is புதாச்செடி. See Cistus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cistus?
Cistus is a noun.
How do you pronounce cistus?
Cistus is pronounced /ˈsɪstəs/.
What is the plural of cistus?
The plural of cistus is cistuses.

Words near cistus in the dictionary

  1. cistronically
  2. cistrons
  3. cists
  4. cistula
  5. cistulae
  6. cistus
  7. cistuses
  8. cistvaen
  9. cistvaens
  10. Cisuralian
  11. cisvestism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cistus (page history and authors); cistus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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