CUPRESSUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cupressus mean? 

• CUPRESSUS (noun)
  The noun CUPRESSUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of Cupressaceae

  Familiarity information: CUPRESSUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUPRESSUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of Cupressaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cupressus; genus Cupressus

Hypernyms ("Cupressus" is a kind of...):

gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Cupressus"):

cypress; cypress tree (any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones)

Holonyms ("Cupressus" is a member of...):

Cupressaceae; cypress family; family Cupressaceae (cypresses and junipers and many cedars)