common gum cistus

Definitions of common gum cistus
  1. noun
    shrub having white flowers and viscid stems and leaves yielding a fragrant oleoresin used in perfumes especially as a fixative
    synonyms: Cistus ladanifer, Cistus ladanum
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    type of:
    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
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