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 conescypressCupressus, genus Cupressus - type genus of Cupressaceaecypress - wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus CupressusCupressus 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 cypressCupressus goveniana pigmaea, Cupressus pigmaea, pygmy cypress - rare small cypress native to northern California; sometimes considered the same species as gowen cypressCupressus abramsiana, Cupressus goveniana abramsiana, Santa Cruz cypress - rare California cypress taller than but closely related to gowen cypress and sometimes considered the same speciesArizona cypress, Cupressus arizonica - Arizona timber tree with bluish silvery foliageCupressus guadalupensis, Guadalupe cypress - relatively low wide-spreading endemic on Guadalupe Island; cultivated for its bluish foliageCupressus macrocarpa, Monterey cypress - tall California cypress endemic on Monterey Bay; widely used for ornament as well as reforestation and shelterbelt plantingcedar 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 GoaCupressus sempervirens, Italian cypress, Mediterranean cypress - tall Eurasian cypress with thin grey bark and ascending branchesgalbulus - the seed-producing cone of a cypress treeconifer, coniferous tree - any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones