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Cryptomeria

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. See Japanese cedar.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Any tree of the genus Cryptomeria, especially the Japanese cedar, Cryptomeria japonica

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A genus of coniferous plants of the family Pinaceæ and tribe Taxoideæ, technically distinguished from Taxodium by the manifest toothed inner scales of the cones.

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n. Japanese cedar; sugi

Word Usage

"She came home with something called a cryptomeria, a live cedar with foliage like feathers growing in spirals, nothing like a traditional Christmas tree."

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