Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cytisus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.29 in modern English

Syllables: cytis-us
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any flowering plant in the genus Cytisus.

Example Sentences

"The goats eat cytisus and myrtle on the shore; a whole flock gathered round me as I sat beneath a tuft of golden green euphorbia the other day, and nibbled bread from my hands."
"His head leaning back on the cushions, his arms folded across his breast, Lavretsky gazed at the furrowed plains which opened fanwise before him, at the cytisus shrubs, at the crows and rooks which looked sideways at the passing carriage with dull suspicion, at the long ridges planted with mugwort, wormwood, and mountain ash."
"The humming birds, which swarmed round the flowering cytisus and the beautiful water-fall, once more delighted the eye and the ear."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κύτισος (kútisos), of unknown origin.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: κύτισος

Inflected Forms

cytisuses (plural)

Questions

What does cytisus mean?: Any flowering plant in the genus Cytisus.
Where does cytisus come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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