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CYPRE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood
Synonyms:
Cordia alliodora; cypre; Equador laurel; princewood; salmwood; Spanish elm
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cypre" is a kind of...):
angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)
Holonyms ("cypre" is a member of...):
Cordia; genus Cordia (tropical deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs of the family Boraginaceae)