HyperDic: common_gum_cistus

English > 1 sense of the expression common gum cistus:
NOUNplantcommon gum cistus, Cistus ladanifer, Cistus ladanumshrub having white flowers and viscid stems and leaves yielding a fragrant oleoresin used in perfumes especially as a fixative
English > common gum cistus: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningshrub having white flowers and viscid stems and leaves yielding a fragrant oleoresin used in perfumes especially as a fixative.
SynonymsCistus ladanifer, Cistus ladanum
Broaderrockrose, rock rosesmall shrubs of scrub and dry woodland regions / regions of southern Europe and North Africa
Substanceslabdanum, ladanumA soft blackish-brown resinous exudate from various rockroses used in perfumes especially as a fixative

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