YELLOW CYPRESS

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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

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

Chamaecyparis; genus Chamaecyparis (a genus of Chamaecyparis)

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