LAWSON'S CYPRESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lawson's cypress mean? 

• LAWSON'S CYPRESS (noun)
  The noun LAWSON'S CYPRESS has 1 sense:

1. large timber tree of western North America with trunk diameter to 12 feet and height to 200 feet

  Familiarity information: LAWSON'S CYPRESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAWSON'S CYPRESS (noun)

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Meaning:

Large timber tree of western North America with trunk diameter to 12 feet and height to 200 feet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana; Lawson's cedar; Lawson's cypress; Oregon cedar; Port Orford cedar

Hypernyms ("Lawson's cypress" is a kind of...):

cedar; cedar tree (any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars)

Meronyms (substance of "Lawson's cypress"):

Port Orford cedar (the wood of the Port Orford cedar tree)

Holonyms ("Lawson's cypress" is a member of...):

Chamaecyparis; genus Chamaecyparis (a genus of Chamaecyparis)