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CYPRESS TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cypress tree mean? 

CYPRESS TREE (noun)
  The noun CYPRESS TREE has 1 sense:

1. any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded conesplay

  Familiarity information: CYPRESS TREE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CYPRESS TREE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cypress; cypress tree

Hypernyms ("cypress tree" is a kind of...):

conifer; coniferous tree (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)

Meronyms (parts of "cypress tree"):

galbulus (the seed-producing cone of a cypress tree)

Meronyms (substance of "cypress tree"):

cypress (wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cypress tree"):

Cupressus goveniana; gowen cypress (small sometimes shrubby tree native to California; often used as an ornamental; in some classification systems includes the pygmy cypress and the Santa Cruz cypress)

Cupressus goveniana pigmaea; Cupressus pigmaea; pygmy cypress (rare small cypress native to northern California; sometimes considered the same species as gowen cypress)

Cupressus abramsiana; Cupressus goveniana abramsiana; Santa Cruz cypress (rare California cypress taller than but closely related to gowen cypress and sometimes considered the same species)

Arizona cypress; Cupressus arizonica (Arizona timber tree with bluish silvery foliage)

Cupressus guadalupensis; Guadalupe cypress (relatively low wide-spreading endemic on Guadalupe Island; cultivated for its bluish foliage)

Cupressus macrocarpa; Monterey cypress (tall California cypress endemic on Monterey Bay; widely used for ornament as well as reforestation and shelterbelt planting)

cedar of Goa; Cupressus lusitanica; Mexican cypress; Portuguese cypress (tall spreading evergreen found in Mexico having drooping branches; believed to have been introduced into Portugal from Goa)

Cupressus sempervirens; Italian cypress; Mediterranean cypress (tall Eurasian cypress with thin grey bark and ascending branches)

Holonyms ("cypress tree" is a member of...):

Cupressus; genus Cupressus (type genus of Cupressaceae)


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