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YELLOW CYPRESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does yellow cypress mean?
• YELLOW CYPRESS (noun)
The noun YELLOW CYPRESS has 1 sense:
1. tall evergreen of the Pacific coast of North America often cultivated for ornament
Familiarity information: YELLOW CYPRESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tall evergreen of the Pacific coast of North America often cultivated for ornament
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Alaska cedar; Chamaecyparis nootkatensis; Nootka cypress; yellow cedar; yellow cypress
Hypernyms ("yellow cypress" is a kind of...):
cedar; cedar tree (any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars)
Holonyms ("yellow cypress" is a member of...):
Chamaecyparis; genus Chamaecyparis (a genus of Chamaecyparis)
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