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单词 macnab cypress
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Macnab cypressn.

Brit. /məkˌnab ˈsʌɪprᵻs/, U.S. /məkˌnæb ˈsaɪprəs/
Forms:

α. 1800s– Macnab's cypress.

β. 1900s– Macnab cypress.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name MacNab , cypress n.1
Etymology: In α. forms < the genitive of the name of James MacNab (1810–78), curator of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh + cypress n.1 In β. forms < the name of James MacNab + cypress n.1 Compare scientific Latin Cupressus macnabiana (W. Murray 1855, in Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 1 293).
A small cypress tree, Cupressus macnabiana (family Cupressaceae), with grey-green leaves, native to northern California. Also called Shasta cypress.
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Italian cypress1838
retinospora1861
Japanese cypress1866
Macnab cypress1881
Shasta cypress1897
1858 G. Gordon Pinetum 64 Cupressus Mac-Nabiana, Murray, Mr. Mac-Nab's Cypress.]
1881 W. D. Prior Hardy Shrubs viii. 157 To particularise a few good things, we may take..Cupressus Lawsoniana, and MacNab's Cypress.
1908 N. L. Britton N. Amer. Trees 101 Macnab Cypress... It is also called Fragrant cypress, Shasta cypress, Macnab's cypress, California mountain cypress, [etc.].
1999 Global Ecol. & Biogeogr. 8 153/2 North of San Francisco Bay all known populations [of these butterflies] are on ultramafic soils and the hosts are Sargent Cypress..and MacNab Cypress.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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