SCIADOPITYS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sciadopitys mean? 

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

1. type and sole genus of Sciadopityaceae; Japanese umbrella pines

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCIADOPITYS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type and sole genus of Sciadopityaceae; Japanese umbrella pines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Sciadopitys; Sciadopitys

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

gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Sciadopitys"):

Japanese umbrella pine; Sciadopitys verticillata (tall evergreen having a symmetrical spreading crown and needles growing in whorls that resemble umbrellas at ends of twigs)

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

family Sciadopityaceae; Sciadopityaceae (family comprising a single genus that until recently was considered part of Taxodiaceae)