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TAXODIUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
genus Taxodium; Taxodium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Taxodium" is a kind of...):
gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)
Meronyms (members of "Taxodium"):
bald cypress; pond bald cypress; southern cypress; swamp cypress; Taxodium distichum (common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms)
bald cypress; pond cypress; Taxodium ascendens (smaller than and often included in the closely related Taxodium distichum)
Mexican swamp cypress; Montezuma cypress; Taxodium mucronatum (cypress of river valleys of Mexican highlands)
Holonyms ("Taxodium" is a member of...):
Cupressaceae; cypress family; family Cupressaceae (cypresses and junipers and many cedars)