cistus albidus

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   compact white pubescent shrub of southwestern Europe having pink flowers

   Synonymswhite-leaved rockrose

   Broaderrockrose

Questions about cistus albidus

What does cistus albidus mean?

cistus albidus means "compact white pubescent shrub of southwestern Europe having pink flowers".

What is another word for cistus albidus?

Close synonyms include white-leaved rockrose. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cistus albidus a common word?

cistus albidus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.