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PYGMY CYPRESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pygmy cypress mean?
• PYGMY CYPRESS (noun)
The noun PYGMY CYPRESS has 1 sense:
1. rare small cypress native to northern California; sometimes considered the same species as gowen cypress
Familiarity information: PYGMY CYPRESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rare small cypress native to northern California; sometimes considered the same species as gowen cypress
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cupressus goveniana pigmaea; Cupressus pigmaea; pygmy cypress
Hypernyms ("pygmy cypress" 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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