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CUPRESSUS MACROCARPA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cupressus macrocarpa mean?
• CUPRESSUS MACROCARPA (noun)
The noun CUPRESSUS MACROCARPA has 1 sense:
1. tall California cypress endemic on Monterey Bay; widely used for ornament as well as reforestation and shelterbelt planting
Familiarity information: CUPRESSUS MACROCARPA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tall California cypress endemic on Monterey Bay; widely used for ornament as well as reforestation and shelterbelt planting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cupressus macrocarpa; Monterey cypress
Hypernyms ("Cupressus macrocarpa" 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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