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Chamaecyparis

noun

a genus of Chamaecyparis

• Syn: ↑genus Chamaecyparis

• Hypernyms: ↑gymnosperm genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cupressaceae, ↑family Cupressaceae, ↑cypress family

• Member Meronyms:

↑southern white cedar, ↑coast white cedar, ↑Atlantic white cedar, ↑white cypress, ↑white cedar, ↑Chamaecyparis thyoides, ↑Oregon cedar, ↑Port Orford cedar, ↑Lawson's cypress, ↑Lawson's cedar, ↑Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, ↑yellow cypress, ↑yellow cedar, ↑Nootka cypress, ↑Alaska cedar, ↑Chamaecyparis nootkatensis

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈsipərə̇s\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from chamae- + -cyparis (from Greek kyparissos cypress) — more at cypress

: a small genus of important timber trees of the family Pinaceae native to No. America and Japan — see southern white cedar

Useful english dictionary. 2012.