English > cypress tree: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | Any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones. |
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Synonym | cypress |
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Member of | Cupressus, genus Cupressus | type genus of Cupressaceae |
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Parts | galbulus | The seed-producing cone of a cypress tree |
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Narrower | Arizona cypress, Cupressus arizonica | Arizona timber tree with bluish silvery foliage |
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Guadalupe cypress, Cupressus guadalupensis | relatively low wide-spreading endemic on Guadalupe Island |
Italian cypress, Mediterranean cypress, Cupressus sempervirens | tall Eurasian cypress with thin grey bark and ascending branches |
Mexican cypress, cedar of Goa, Portuguese cypress, Cupressus lusitanica | tall spreading evergreen found in Mexico having drooping branches |
Monterey cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa | tall California cypress endemic on Monterey Bay |
Santa Cruz cypress, Cupressus abramsiana, Cupressus goveniana abramsiana | Rare California cypress taller than but closely related to gowen cypress and sometimes considered the same species |
gowen cypress, Cupressus goveniana | small sometimes shrubby tree native to California |
pygmy cypress, Cupressus pigmaea, Cupressus goveniana pigmaea | Rare small cypress native to northern California |
Broader | conifer, coniferous tree | Any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones |
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Substances | cypress | wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus |
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Spanish | ciprés |
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Catalan | xiprer |
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