Macnab cypress
/məkˌnab ˈsʌɪprɪs/(also Macnab's cypress)
noun
A small cypress tree, Cupressus macnabiana (family Cupressaceae), with grey-green leaves, native to northern California.
Origin
Late 19th century. In some forms from the genitive of the name of James MacNab, curator of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh + cypress.
- Onondaga
- on one's back
- on one's beam ends
- on one's conscience
- on one's feet
- on one's haunches
- on one's high horse
- on one's hind legs
- on one's honour
- on one's jack (or Jack Jones)
- on one's knees
- on one's last legs
- on one's (or the) doorstep
- on one's own
- on one's own account
- on one's own ground
- on one's own hook
- on one's own initiative
- on one's own responsibility
- on one's plate
- on one's toes
- on one's uppers
- Onopordon
- Onopordum
- on (or at or in) every corner