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CATHAYA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cathaya mean?
• CATHAYA (noun)
The noun CATHAYA has 1 sense:
1. Chinese evergreen conifer discovered in 1955; not yet cultivated elsewhere
Familiarity information: CATHAYA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Chinese evergreen conifer discovered in 1955; not yet cultivated elsewhere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("Cathaya" is a kind of...):
conifer; coniferous tree (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)
Holonyms ("Cathaya" is a member of...):
genus Cathaya (one species; related to Pseudotsuga and Larix)
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