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TAXODIUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bald cypress; swamp cypress

Synonyms:

genus Taxodium; Taxodium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Taxodium" is a kind of...):

gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Taxodium"):

bald cypress; pond bald cypress; southern cypress; swamp cypress; Taxodium distichum (common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms)

bald cypress; pond cypress; Taxodium ascendens (smaller than and often included in the closely related Taxodium distichum)

Mexican swamp cypress; Montezuma cypress; Taxodium mucronatum (cypress of river valleys of Mexican highlands)

Holonyms ("Taxodium" is a member of...):

Cupressaceae; cypress family; family Cupressaceae (cypresses and junipers and many cedars)

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