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    FAMILY CUPRESSACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Cypresses and junipers and many cedarsplay

    Synonyms:

    Cupressaceae; cypress family; family Cupressaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("family Cupressaceae" is a kind of...):

    gymnosperm family (a family of gymnosperms)

    Meronyms (members of "family Cupressaceae"):

    genus Thujopsis; Thujopsis (one species; has close similarity to genus Thuja)

    genus Thuja; Thuja (red cedar)

    genus Tetraclinis; Tetraclinis (sandarac tree)

    genus Taxodium; Taxodium (bald cypress; swamp cypress)

    genus Sequoiadendron; Sequoiadendron (giant sequoias; sometimes included in the genus Sequoia; until recently placed in the Taxodiaceae)

    redwood; sequoia (either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae)

    genus Sequoia (redwoods; until recently considered a genus of a separate family Taxodiaceae)

    genus Metasequoia (genus of deciduous conifers comprising both living and fossil forms; 1 extant species: dawn redwood of China; variously classified as member of Pinaceae or Taxodiaceae)

    redwood family; subfamily Taxodiaceae; Taxodiaceae (coniferous trees; traditionally considered an independent family though recently included in Cupressaceae in some classification systems)

    genus Libocedrus; Libocedrus (cypresses that resemble cedars)

    genus Juniperus; Juniperus (junipers)

    Cryptomeria; genus Cryptomeria (Japanese cedar; sugi)

    Chamaecyparis; genus Chamaecyparis (a genus of Chamaecyparis)

    Calocedrus; genus Calocedrus (tall evergreens of western North America and eastern Asia; formerly included in genus Libocedrus)

    Callitris; genus Callitris (evergreen monoecious coniferous trees or shrubs: cypress pines)

    Austrocedrus; genus Austrocedrus (one species; formerly included in genus Libocedrus)

    Athrotaxis; genus Athrotaxis (a genus of gymnosperm)

    Cupressus; genus Cupressus (type genus of Cupressaceae)

    cedar; cedar tree (any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars)

    Holonyms ("family Cupressaceae" is a member of...):

    Coniferales; order Coniferales (profusely branching and chiefly evergreen trees and some shrubs having narrow or needlelike leaves)

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