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MEDITERRANEAN CYPRESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mediterranean cypress mean? 

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

1. tall Eurasian cypress with thin grey bark and ascending branchesplay

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


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MEDITERRANEAN CYPRESS (noun)


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Meaning:

Tall Eurasian cypress with thin grey bark and ascending branches

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cupressus sempervirens; Italian cypress; Mediterranean cypress

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

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


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