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Cistus ladanum

DEFINITIONS OF: Cistus ladanum

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n shrub having white flowers and viscid stems and leaves yielding a fragrant oleoresin used in perfumes especially as a fixative

Synonyms:
Cistus ladanifer, common gum cistus
Type of:
rock rose, rockrose
small shrubs of scrub and dry woodland regions of southern Europe and North Africa; grown for their showy flowers and soft often downy and aromatic evergreen foliage
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