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CALOCEDRUS DECURRENS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Calocedrus decurrens mean?
• CALOCEDRUS DECURRENS (noun)
The noun CALOCEDRUS DECURRENS has 1 sense:
1. tall tree of the Pacific coast of North America having foliage like cypress and cinnamon-red bark
Familiarity information: CALOCEDRUS DECURRENS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tall tree of the Pacific coast of North America having foliage like cypress and cinnamon-red bark
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Calocedrus decurrens; incense cedar; Libocedrus decurrens; red cedar
Hypernyms ("Calocedrus decurrens" is a kind of...):
cedar; cedar tree (any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars)
Holonyms ("Calocedrus decurrens" is a member of...):
Calocedrus; genus Calocedrus (tall evergreens of western North America and eastern Asia; formerly included in genus Libocedrus)
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