Definition of Cistus. Meaning of Cistus. Synonyms of Cistus
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Definition of Cistus
Cistus Myrrh Myrrh, n. [OE. mirre, OF. mirre, F. myrrhe, L. myrrha,
murra, Gr. ?; cf. Ar. murr bitter, also myrrh, Heb. mar
bitter.]
A gum resin, usually of a yellowish brown or amber color, of
an aromatic odor, and a bitter, slightly pungent taste. It is
valued for its odor and for its medicinal properties. It
exudes from the bark of a shrub of Abyssinia and Arabia, the
Balsamodendron Myrrha. The myrrh of the Bible is supposed
to have been partly the gum above named, and partly the
exudation of species of Cistus, or rockrose.
False myrrh. See the Note under Bdellium.
