Definitions
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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Examples
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In the course of the day the stirculia heterophylla was very abundant, and we remarked that the cypresses were those originally known as the callitris australis, and not of either of the other two species, which were common in the neighbourhood of the Lachlan.
Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales 2003
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In the course of the day the stirculia heterophylla was very abundant, and we remarked that the cypresses were those originally known as the callitris australis, and not of either of the other two species, which were common in the neighbourhood of the Lachlan.
Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales John Oxley 1804
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We had passed through some open scrub, chiefly of the rosewood kind, and crossed several small grassy plains; saw one or two patches of brigalow, but very little callitris.
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003
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We passed through much open forest, and over much sandy ground, on which the callitris always appeared to predominate.
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003
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On a spot rather clear of wood, Yuranigh went to the top of a callitris tree, and saw a lofty mountain somewhat to the eastward of north, and he thought he could trace the trees marking the course of the river to the westward of it.
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003
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Sand and callitris covered the intermediate ground, and augmented the impediments the horses had to contend with.
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003
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Pursuing a course in the direction of the mountain already mentioned, I met with much heavy sand on which grew thick forests of callitris, frequently quite impervious to our carts except at open places amongst which we had to wind, as they permitted.
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003
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The callitris and casuarina appeared amongst the trees.
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003
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We travelled on, a good many miles, when, instead of the firm clay, we found, under foot soft, red sand, and trees of the genus callitris growing in close thickets.
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003
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These ridges consisted of red gravel; the scrub contained callitris, casuarina, silver-leaved iron-bark, malga and brigalow, the two latter growing so thickly as to compel me to turn eastward to avoid them.
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003
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