noun, masculine/si.tiz/plural: cytises
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
Related: cytise à feuilles sessiles - Cytisophyllum sessilifolium, cytise argenté - Argyrolobium zanonii, cytise d'Ardoino - Cytisus ardoini, cytise des Alpes - Laburnum alpinum, cytise épineux - Calicotome spinosa, cytise faux ébénier - Laburnum anagyroides, cytise hérisson - Erinacea anthyllis
Borrowed from Latin cytisus, from Ancient Greek κύτισος (kútisos, “tree-medick, Medicago arborea"; "bastard ebony, Laburnum anagyroides”), of uncertain origin (probably Pre-Greek).