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cistáceo , a . ( Of cistus , name of a genus of plants). 1. adj. Bot. He says the bushes or dicotiledonous angiospermos shrubs, with almost always opposite, simple leaves, flowers usually in corymb or panicle, and fruit capsule with albumen starchy seeds; e.g., la jara and white steppe. U t. c. s. f. 2. f. pl. Bot. These plant family. O RTOGR. ESCR. with may. initial.