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macrocarpa|ˌmækrəˈkɑːpə|
[mod.L., specific epithet of Cupressus macrocarpa (T. Hartweg 1847, in Jrnl. Hort. Soc. II. 187), f. Gr. µακρό-ς large + καρπός fruit.]
An evergreen tree, Cupressus macrocarpa, native to the Monterey peninsula of California and widely cultivated elsewhere, esp. as a fast-growing hedge or wind-break; = Monterey cypress. Also attrib.
[1866‘Senilis’ Pinaceæ 73 It [sc. large-coned cypress] is to be found in two forms. Macrocarpa, when raised from seed, has a distinct, continuous, and erect leader with the side branches regularly disposed and gracefully drooping. ]1905Daily News 12 Feb. 4/6 The Bird only moved from a macrocarpa tree to the cypress and lime trees. 1922N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. 20 Mar. 176 The macrocarpa is very rapid in its growth. 1935Discovery Dec. 375/1, I have found macrocarpa hedges a very popular breeding place for various species. 1937‘R. Hyde’ Persephone in Winter 42 The faint wet tang of macrocarpa leaves. 1948J. Betjeman Sel. Poems 78 Those macrocarpas still survive the gales They must have had last winter. 1950N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Feb. 163 Good, well-kept shelter belts of macrocarpa. 1959A. McLintock Descr. Atlas N.Z. p. xiii, Plantations and shelter belts of introduced (exotic) trees, mainly radiata pine and macrocarpa, break up the farm⁓lands. 1966G. W. Turner Eng. Lang. Austral. & N.Z. iv. 82 Children..grew up among the pine and macrocarpa hedges or bleak unsheltered paddocks which replaced the bush. |