Cupressaceae

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Cupressaceae - cypresses and junipers and many cedarscypress family, family Cupressaceaegymnosperm family - a family of gymnospermsConiferales, order Coniferales - profusely branching and chiefly evergreen trees and some shrubs having narrow or needlelike leavescedar, cedar tree - any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedarsCupressus, genus Cupressus - type genus of CupressaceaeAthrotaxis, genus Athrotaxis - a genus of gymnospermAustrocedrus, genus Austrocedrus - one species; formerly included in genus LibocedrusCallitris, genus Callitris - evergreen monoecious coniferous trees or shrubs: cypress pinesCalocedrus, genus Calocedrus - tall evergreens of western North America and eastern Asia; formerly included in genus LibocedrusChamaecyparis, genus Chamaecyparis - a genus of ChamaecyparisCryptomeria, genus Cryptomeria - Japanese cedar; sugigenus Juniperus, Juniperus - junipersgenus Libocedrus, Libocedrus - cypresses that resemble cedarsredwood family, subfamily Taxodiaceae, Taxodiaceae - coniferous trees; traditionally considered an independent family though recently included in Cupressaceae in some classification systemsgenus Metasequoia - genus of deciduous conifers comprising both living and fossil forms; 1 extant species: dawn redwood of China; variously classified as member of Pinaceae or Taxodiaceaegenus Sequoia - redwoods; until recently considered a genus of a separate family Taxodiaceaesequoia, redwood - either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceaegenus Sequoiadendron, Sequoiadendron - giant sequoias; sometimes included in the genus Sequoia; until recently placed in the Taxodiaceaegenus Taxodium, Taxodium - bald cypress; swamp cypressgenus Tetraclinis, Tetraclinis - sandarac treegenus Thuja, Thuja - red cedargenus Thujopsis, Thujopsis - one species; has close similarity to genus Thuja