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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 Goa
Familiarity information: CEDAR OF GOA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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