cypress tree
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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 conessubtypes:
- 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 Cupressaceaehas: galbulus - the seed-producing cone of a cypress treesubstance holonym: cypress - wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressussame as: cypress
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