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    MONTEZUMA CYPRESS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Cypress of river valleys of Mexican highlandsplay

    Synonyms:

    Mexican swamp cypress; Montezuma cypress; Taxodium mucronatum

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Montezuma cypress" is a kind of...):

    cypress (wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Montezuma cypress"):

    Ahuehuete; Tule tree (Mexico's most famous tree; a giant specimen of Montezuma cypress more than 2,000 years old with a girth of 165 feet at Santa Maria del Tule)

    Holonyms ("Montezuma cypress" is a member of...):

    genus Taxodium; Taxodium (bald cypress; swamp cypress)

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