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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of coniferous trees, nearly related to Cupressus, consisting of 14 species, natives of Africa, Madagascar, Australia, and New Caledonia.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a genus of evergreen monoecious coniferous trees or shrubs; the cypress pines.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun evergreen monoecious coniferous trees or shrubs: cypress pines

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