HyperDic: portuguese_cypress

English > 1 sense of the expression Portuguese cypress:
NOUNplantPortuguese cypress, Mexican cypress, cedar of Goa, Cupressus lusitanicatall spreading evergreen found in Mexico having drooping branches
English > Portuguese cypress: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningtall spreading evergreen found in Mexico having drooping branches; believed to have been introduced into Portugal from Goa.
SynonymsMexican cypress, cedar of Goa, Cupressus lusitanica
Broadercypress, cypress treeAny of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones

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