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cryptomeria
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun cryptomeria has 1 sense
- cryptomeria(n = noun.plant) genus cryptomeria - Japanese cedar; sugi; Array is a kind of gymnosperm genus
is a member of cupressaceae, cypress family, family cupressaceae
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cryptomeria, n. a tall evergreen tree, Cryptomeria japonica, native to China and Japan, with long curved spirally arranged leaves and short cones. Also called Japanese cedar.
Etymology
CRYPTO- + Gk meros part (because the seeds are enclosed by scales)
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