Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An inspissated juice obtained from a plant, the Cytinus hypocistis, natural order Cytinaceæ.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun An astringent inspissated juice obtained from the fruit of a plant (Cytinus hypocistis), growing from the roots of the Cistus, a small European shrub.

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  • noun An astringent inspissated juice obtained from the fruit of a plant (Cytinus hypocistis), growing from the roots of the Cistus, a small European shrub.

Etymologies

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hypo- +‎ Cistus?

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