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rock rose vs common gum cistus

common gum cistus vs rock rose

rock rose and common gum cistus both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
rock rose Yes No No No
common gum cistus Yes No No No
As nouns, common gum cistus is a hyponym of rock rose; that is, common gum cistus is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than rock rose:
  • rock rose: 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
  • common gum cistus: shrub having white flowers and viscid stems and leaves yielding a fragrant oleoresin used in perfumes especially as a fixative
Other hyponyms of rock rose include Cistus albidus, white-leaved rockrose, Cistus ladanifer, Cistus ladanum.
rock rose (noun) common gum cistus (noun)
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 shrub having white flowers and viscid stems and leaves yielding a fragrant oleoresin used in perfumes especially as a fixative
any of numerous varieties of helianthemums having small rose-like yellow or white or reddish flowers
Difference between rock rose and common gum cistus

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