cytĭsus, i, comm. (cytĭsum, i, n., Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 17; 2, 2, 19), = κύτισος,
a shrubby kind of clover much valued by the ancients , perh. the shrubby snail-clover : Medicago arborea, Linn.; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 17; Col. 5, 12: Plin. 13, 24, 47, § 130; Verg. E. 1, 79; 2, 64 al.
cytisus ī, m , κύτισος, a kind of clover, shrubby clover, V. ...
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