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cytise.

any of several species of shrubs in the taxonomic family Fabaceae which are, or were at one time, classified in the genus Cytisus, the best known being those now in the genus Laburnum

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noun/si.tiz/
  1. any of several species of shrubs in the taxonomic family Fabaceae which are, or were at one time, classified in the genus Cytisus, the best known being those now in the genus Laburnum

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Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin cytisus, from Ancient Greek κύτισος (kútisos, “tree-medick, Medicago arborea"; "bastard ebony, Laburnum anagyroides”), of uncertain origin (probably Pre-Greek).

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