cytisus
noun
cytisus is a noun meaning “Any flowering plant in the genus Cytisus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-Y-T-I-S-U-S, and it appears about once in every 51 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of cytisus is cytisuses.
What does cytisus mean?
noun
- 1
Any flowering plant in the genus Cytisus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of cytisus
- cytisuses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is cytisus?
Cytisus appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Cytisus in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense plant in Cytisus:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cytise |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cytisus come from?
From Ancient Greek κύτισος (kútisos), of unknown origin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).