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PORTUGUESE CYPRESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tall spreading evergreen found in Mexico having drooping branches; believed to have been introduced into Portugal from Goa
Synonyms:
cedar of Goa; Cupressus lusitanica; Mexican cypress; Portuguese cypress
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Hypernyms ("Portuguese cypress" is a kind of...):
cypress; cypress tree (any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones)