cupressaceae
Noun
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Cypresses and junipers and many cedars (synset 111649952)
is a type of: gymnosperm family - a family of gymnospermsmember holonym:
- cedar, cedar tree - any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars
- cupressus, genus cupressus - type genus of Cupressaceae
- athrotaxis, genus athrotaxis - a genus of gymnosperm
- austrocedrus, genus austrocedrus - one species; formerly included in genus Libocedrus
- callitris, genus callitris - evergreen monoecious coniferous trees or shrubs: cypress pines
- calocedrus, genus calocedrus - tall evergreens of western North America and eastern Asia; formerly included in genus Libocedrus
- chamaecyparis, genus chamaecyparis - a genus of Chamaecyparis
- cryptomeria, genus cryptomeria - Japanese cedar; sugi
- genus juniperus, juniperus - junipers
- genus libocedrus, libocedrus - cypresses that resemble cedars
- redwood family, subfamily taxodiaceae, taxodiaceae - coniferous trees; traditionally considered an independent family though recently included in Cupressaceae in some classification systems
- 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
- genus sequoia - redwoods; until recently considered a genus of a separate family Taxodiaceae
- redwood, sequoia - either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae
- genus sequoiadendron, sequoiadendron - giant sequoias; sometimes included in the genus Sequoia; until recently placed in the Taxodiaceae
- genus taxodium, taxodium - bald cypress; swamp cypress
- genus tetraclinis, tetraclinis - sandarac tree
- genus thuja, thuja - red cedar
- genus thujopsis, thujopsis - one species; has close similarity to genus Thuja
belongs to: coniferales, order coniferales - profusely branching and chiefly evergreen trees and some shrubs having narrow or needlelike leavessame as: cypress family, family cupressaceae
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