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Cupressus

noun

type genus of Cupressaceae

• Syn: ↑genus Cupressus

• Hypernyms: ↑gymnosperm genus

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑cypress, ↑cypress tree

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\\k(y)üˈpresəs\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, cypress — more at cypress

1. capitalized : a genus of evergreen trees (family Pinaceae) having small scaly appressed leaves similar to those of the juniper and globose cones composed of peltate scales — see monterey cypress

2. -es : any tree of the genus Cupressus — see cypress 1

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Cupressus /kū-presˈəs/

noun

The cypress genus

ORIGIN: L

Useful english dictionary. 2012.