the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. a genus of small to medium-sized evergreen shrubs of southern Europe and northern Africa.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A rock-rose; a plant of the genus Cistus.
n. [capitalized] A genus of plants of many species, belonging to the natural order Cistaceæ, natives of Europe, or of the countries bordering the Mediterranean; the rock-roses.
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n. small to medium-sized evergreen shrubs of southern Europe and North Africa
Word Usage
"Oeillet opens juicy and citrusy and with a definite hit of sage, cistus and galbanum absolute that gush out and breathes like drips of blood and wine on earth."