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TAXODIUM DISTICHUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Taxodium distichum mean?
• TAXODIUM DISTICHUM (noun)
The noun TAXODIUM DISTICHUM has 1 sense:
1. common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms
Familiarity information: TAXODIUM DISTICHUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bald cypress; pond bald cypress; southern cypress; swamp cypress; Taxodium distichum
Hypernyms ("Taxodium distichum" is a kind of...):
cypress (wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus)
Holonyms ("Taxodium distichum" is a member of...):
genus Taxodium; Taxodium (bald cypress; swamp cypress)
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