| Library / English Dictionary |
FAMILY CUPRESSACEAE
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cypresses and junipers and many cedars
Synonyms:
Cupressaceae; cypress family; family Cupressaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Cupressaceae" is a kind of...):
gymnosperm family (a family of gymnosperms)
Meronyms (members of "family Cupressaceae"):
genus Thujopsis; Thujopsis (one species; has close similarity to genus Thuja)
genus Thuja; Thuja (red cedar)
genus Tetraclinis; Tetraclinis (sandarac tree)
genus Taxodium; Taxodium (bald cypress; swamp cypress)
genus Sequoiadendron; Sequoiadendron (giant sequoias; sometimes included in the genus Sequoia; until recently placed in the Taxodiaceae)
redwood; sequoia (either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae)
genus Sequoia (redwoods; until recently considered a genus of a separate family Taxodiaceae)
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)
redwood family; subfamily Taxodiaceae; Taxodiaceae (coniferous trees; traditionally considered an independent family though recently included in Cupressaceae in some classification systems)
genus Libocedrus; Libocedrus (cypresses that resemble cedars)
genus Juniperus; Juniperus (junipers)
Cryptomeria; genus Cryptomeria (Japanese cedar; sugi)
Chamaecyparis; genus Chamaecyparis (a genus of Chamaecyparis)
Calocedrus; genus Calocedrus (tall evergreens of western North America and eastern Asia; formerly included in genus Libocedrus)
Callitris; genus Callitris (evergreen monoecious coniferous trees or shrubs: cypress pines)
Austrocedrus; genus Austrocedrus (one species; formerly included in genus Libocedrus)
Athrotaxis; genus Athrotaxis (a genus of gymnosperm)
Cupressus; genus Cupressus (type genus of Cupressaceae)
cedar; cedar tree (any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars)
Holonyms ("family Cupressaceae" is a member of...):
Coniferales; order Coniferales (profusely branching and chiefly evergreen trees and some shrubs having narrow or needlelike leaves)
