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Cupressus

noun

Type genus of Cupressaceae. Synonym: genus Cupressus.

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"Cupressus" Quotes from Famous Books

... from its elegant growth, is interesting as being the only species of Cupressus indigenous to India. It is a native of the Himalayas in the Bhotan district, and it also occurs on the borders of Chinese Tartary. It forms, therefore, a connecting link, as it were, between the true cypresses of the extreme east and those that are natives of Europe. It is singular to ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 • Various

Words linked to "Cupressus" : family Cupressaceae, cypress tree, cypress, Cupressaceae, cypress family, gymnosperm genus