cypress tree

1. Any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones (synset 111650940)
   is a type of: conifer, coniferous tree - any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones
   subtypes:

   • cupressus goveniana, gowen cypress - small sometimes shrubby tree native to California; often used as an ornamental; in some classification systems includes the pygmy cypress and the Santa Cruz cypress
   • cupressus goveniana pigmaea, cupressus pigmaea, pygmy cypress - rare small cypress native to northern California; sometimes considered the same species as gowen cypress
   • cupressus abramsiana, cupressus goveniana abramsiana, santa cruz cypress - rare California cypress taller than but closely related to gowen cypress and sometimes considered the same species
   • arizona cypress, cupressus arizonica - Arizona timber tree with bluish silvery foliage
   • cupressus guadalupensis, guadalupe cypress - relatively low wide-spreading endemic on Guadalupe Island; cultivated for its bluish foliage
   • cupressus macrocarpa, monterey cypress - tall California cypress endemic on Monterey Bay; widely used for ornament as well as reforestation and shelterbelt planting
   • cedar of goa, cupressus lusitanica, mexican cypress, portuguese cypress - tall spreading evergreen found in Mexico having drooping branches; believed to have been introduced into Portugal from Goa
   • cupressus sempervirens, italian cypress, mediterranean cypress - tall Eurasian cypress with thin grey bark and ascending branches
   belongs to: cupressus, genus cupressus - type genus of Cupressaceae
   has: galbulus - the seed-producing cone of a cypress tree
   substance holonym: cypress - wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus
   same as: cypress

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