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WHITE CYPRESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does white cypress mean?
• WHITE CYPRESS (noun)
The noun WHITE CYPRESS has 1 sense:
1. slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States; resembles American arborvitae
Familiarity information: WHITE CYPRESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States; resembles American arborvitae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Atlantic white cedar; Chamaecyparis thyoides; coast white cedar; southern white cedar; white cedar; white cypress
Hypernyms ("white cypress" is a kind of...):
cedar; cedar tree (any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars)
Holonyms ("white cypress" is a member of...):
Chamaecyparis; genus Chamaecyparis (a genus of Chamaecyparis)
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