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CHAMAECYPARIS

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Meaning:

A genus of Chamaecyparis

Synonyms:

Chamaecyparis; genus Chamaecyparis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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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