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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
astringent inspissated juice obtained from thefruit of aplant (Cytinus hypocistis), growing from the roots of the Cistus, a small European shrub.
Etymologies
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hypo- + Cistus?
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