cypress tree

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cypress tree - any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones

cypress

Cupressus, genus Cupressus - type genus of Cupressaceae

cypress - wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus

Cupressus goveniana, gowen cypress - small sometimes shrubby tree native to California; often used as an ornamental; in some classification systems includes the pygmy cypress and the Santa Cruz cypress

Cupressus goveniana pigmaea, Cupressus pigmaea, pygmy cypress - rare small cypress native to northern California; sometimes considered the same species as gowen cypress

Cupressus abramsiana, Cupressus goveniana abramsiana, Santa Cruz cypress - rare California cypress taller than but closely related to gowen cypress and sometimes considered the same species

Arizona cypress, Cupressus arizonica - Arizona timber tree with bluish silvery foliage

Cupressus guadalupensis, Guadalupe cypress - relatively low wide-spreading endemic on Guadalupe Island; cultivated for its bluish foliage

Cupressus macrocarpa, Monterey cypress - tall California cypress endemic on Monterey Bay; widely used for ornament as well as reforestation and shelterbelt planting

cedar of Goa, Cupressus lusitanica, Mexican cypress, Portuguese cypress - tall spreading evergreen found in Mexico having drooping branches; believed to have been introduced into Portugal from Goa

Cupressus sempervirens, Italian cypress, Mediterranean cypress - tall Eurasian cypress with thin grey bark and ascending branches

galbulus - the seed-producing cone of a cypress tree

conifer, coniferous tree - any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones

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Studying it for a minute, he concluded that it was composed of three cypress trees, and he knew that nothing else than the hand of man could have planted them there.

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One morning, when we was pretty well down the State of Arkansaw, we come in sight of a little one-horse town in a big bend; so we tied up about three-quarters of a mile above it, in the mouth of a crick which was shut in like a tunnel by the cypress trees, and all of us but Jim took the canoe and went down there to see if there was any chance in that place for our show.

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Round her cave there was a thick wood of alder, poplar, and sweet smelling cypress trees, wherein all kinds of great birds had built their nests--owls, hawks, and chattering sea-crows that occupy their business in the waters.

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The painter must introduce no ornament inconsistent with the climate or country of his landscape; he must not plant cypress trees upon Inch-Merrin, or Scottish firs among the ruins of Persepolis; and the author lies under a corresponding restraint.

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It's the inspiration behind Aromatherapy Associates' first new blend in seven years which relaxes mind and body with the aroma of Mediterranean cypress tree and juniper berries foraged from the mountains of Macedonia.

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Caption: Below right: Hankins counts the rings of a MacNab cypress tree killed during the Camp Fire.

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We are buying a giant red cider tree from Sh7,000 while a cypress tree of the same size goes for between Sh 3,500 and Sh5,000," he said.

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The bald cypress tree is given in memory of James Zindel by his siblings, their spouses and their children.

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DUBAI: I just finished cross-stitching my first Gaza cypress tree motif, begun around the kitchen table of the UAE-based artist Joanna Barakat, who gives workshops on Palestinian embroidery, or tatreez.

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The deceased along with his two friends had gone to collect sang (cypress tree leaves) from Jangchuling Goenpa about five kilometers awayfrom the Yoda Gonpa.

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Part of the recent history of the lot where the new Trustmark Fondren will be built in cluded a Leland Cypress tree that has been lit as part of the community's Christmas celebration since 2007.