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CEDAR OF GOA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cedar of Goa mean? 

CEDAR OF GOA (noun)
  The noun CEDAR OF GOA has 1 sense:

1. tall spreading evergreen found in Mexico having drooping branches; believed to have been introduced into Portugal from Goaplay

  Familiarity information: CEDAR OF GOA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CEDAR OF GOA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tall spreading evergreen found in Mexico having drooping branches; believed to have been introduced into Portugal from Goa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cedar of Goa; Cupressus lusitanica; Mexican cypress; Portuguese cypress

Hypernyms ("cedar of Goa" is a kind of...):

cypress; cypress tree (any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones)


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