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CHAMAECYPARIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Chamaecyparis
Synonyms:
Chamaecyparis; genus Chamaecyparis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Chamaecyparis" is a kind of...):
gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)
Meronyms (members of "Chamaecyparis"):
Atlantic white cedar; Chamaecyparis thyoides; coast white cedar; southern white cedar; white cedar; white cypress (slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States; resembles American arborvitae)
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana; Lawson's cedar; Lawson's cypress; Oregon cedar; Port Orford cedar (large timber tree of western North America with trunk diameter to 12 feet and height to 200 feet)
Alaska cedar; Chamaecyparis nootkatensis; Nootka cypress; yellow cedar; yellow cypress (tall evergreen of the Pacific coast of North America often cultivated for ornament)
Holonyms ("Chamaecyparis" is a member of...):
Cupressaceae; cypress family; family Cupressaceae (cypresses and junipers and many cedars)
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