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CALOCEDRUS DECURRENS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Calocedrus decurrens mean? 

CALOCEDRUS DECURRENS (noun)
  The noun CALOCEDRUS DECURRENS has 1 sense:

1. tall tree of the Pacific coast of North America having foliage like cypress and cinnamon-red barkplay

  Familiarity information: CALOCEDRUS DECURRENS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CALOCEDRUS DECURRENS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tall tree of the Pacific coast of North America having foliage like cypress and cinnamon-red bark

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Calocedrus decurrens; incense cedar; Libocedrus decurrens; red cedar

Hypernyms ("Calocedrus decurrens" is a kind of...):

cedar; cedar tree (any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars)

Holonyms ("Calocedrus decurrens" is a member of...):

Calocedrus; genus Calocedrus (tall evergreens of western North America and eastern Asia; formerly included in genus Libocedrus)


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