Cistus (redirected from cistuses)

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a genus of small to medium-sized evergreen shrubs of southern Europe and northern Africa.

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Cistus - small to medium-sized evergreen shrubs of southern Europe and North Africa genus Cistus dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs Cistaceae, family Cistaceae, rockrose family - shrubs or woody herbs of temperate regions especially Mediterranean rock 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