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NOOTKA CYPRESS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Tall evergreen of the Pacific coast of North America often cultivated for ornament
Synonyms:
Alaska cedar; Chamaecyparis nootkatensis; Nootka cypress; yellow cedar; yellow cypress
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Nootka cypress" is a kind of...):
cedar; cedar tree (any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars)
Holonyms ("Nootka cypress" is a member of...):
Chamaecyparis; genus Chamaecyparis (a genus of Chamaecyparis)