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CYPRE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cypre mean?
• CYPRE (noun)
The noun CYPRE has 1 sense:
1. large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood
Familiarity information: CYPRE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cordia alliodora; cypre; Equador laurel; princewood; salmwood; Spanish elm
Hypernyms ("cypre" is a kind of...):
angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)
Holonyms ("cypre" is a member of...):
Cordia; genus Cordia (tropical deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs of the family Boraginaceae)
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