cytisus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κύτισος (kútisos), of unknown origin.

Noun

cytisus (plural cytisuses)

1. Any flowering plant in the genus Cytisus.
   • 1914, John Symonds, Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete‎:

     The goats eat cytisus and myrtle on the shore; a whole flock gathered round me as I sat beneath a tuft of golden green euphorbia the other day, and nibbled bread from my hands.

   • 1873, Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, Liza‎:

     His head leaning back on the cushions, his arms folded across his breast, Lavretsky gazed at the furrowed plains which opened fanwise before him, at the cytisus shrubs, at the crows and rooks which looked sideways at the passing carriage with dull suspicion, at the long ridges planted with mugwort, wormwood, and mountain ash.

   • 1827, George Tucker, A Voyage to the Moon‎:

     The humming birds, which swarmed round the flowering cytisus and the beautiful water-fall, once more delighted the eye and the ear.

Further reading

• cytisus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• cytisus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• cytisus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κύτισος (kútisos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈky.ti.sus/, [ˈkʏ.tɪ.sʊs]

Noun

cytisus m (genitive cytisī); second declension

1. a kind of clover

References

• cytisus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cytisus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette