genus cistus

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

   SynonymsCistus

   Broaderdilleniid dicot genus

   Part ofCistaceae

Questions about genus cistus

What does genus cistus mean?

genus cistus means "small to medium-sized evergreen shrubs of southern Europe and North Africa".

What is another word for genus cistus?

Close synonyms include Cistus. 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 genus cistus a common word?

genus cistus 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.