CUPRESSUS LUSITANICA

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

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

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Cupressus lusitanica" 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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