WHITE CYPRESS

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Meaning:

Slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States; resembles American arborvitae

Synonyms:

Atlantic white cedar; Chamaecyparis thyoides; coast white cedar; southern white cedar; white cedar; white cypress

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("white cypress" is a kind of...):

cedar; cedar tree (any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars)

Holonyms ("white cypress" is a member of...):

Chamaecyparis; genus Chamaecyparis (a genus of Chamaecyparis)

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