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    PORTUGUESE CYPRESS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Tall spreading evergreen found in Mexico having drooping branches; believed to have been introduced into Portugal from Goaplay

    Synonyms:

    cedar of Goa; Cupressus lusitanica; Mexican cypress; Portuguese cypress

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    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)

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