gum cistus
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.59 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of those flowering plants in the genus Cistus that yield resin, especially Cistus ladanifer.
Example Sentences
- "The plain where he was riding was one immense thicket of the gum cistus, whose frail white leaves, just veined with the faintest pink, fell in showers at the least movement of the passer-by. What a prodigality of blossom!—for the gum cistus, born and withered in an hour, is the most ephemeral of flowers."