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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 arborvitaeplay

  Familiarity information: WHITE CYPRESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WHITE CYPRESS (noun)


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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