- genus Cistus
- nounsmall to medium-sized evergreen shrubs of southern Europe and North Africa• Syn: ↑Cistus• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Cistaceae, ↑family Cistaceae, ↑rockrose family
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genus Cistus
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