We found 2 definitions of cupressaceae from 2 different sources.
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cupressaceae - cypresses and junipers and many cedars | ||
family Cupressaceae, cypress family | ||
gymnosperm family a family of gymnosperms | ||
coniferales, order coniferales profusely branching and chiefly evergreen trees and some shrubs having narrow or needlelike leaves | ||
cedar tree, cedar any cedar of the genus Cedrus | ||
cupressus, genus cupressus type genus of Cupressaceae | ||
athrotaxis, genus athrotaxis a genus of gymnosperm | ||
austrocedrus, genus austrocedrus one species; formerly included in genus Libocedrus | ||
callitris, genus callitris evergreen monoecious coniferous trees or shrubs: cypress pines | ||
calocedrus, genus calocedrus tall evergreens of western North America and eastern Asia; formerly included in genus Libocedrus | ||
chamaecyparis, genus chamaecyparis a genus of Chamaecyparis | ||
cryptomeria, genus cryptomeria Japanese cedar; sugi | ||
genus juniperus, juniperus junipers | ||
genus libocedrus, libocedrus cypresses that resemble cedars | ||
redwood family, subfamily taxodiaceae, taxodiaceae coniferous trees; traditionally considered an independent family though recently included in Cupressaceae in some classification systems | ||
genus 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 Taxodiaceae | ||
genus sequoia redwoods; until recently considered a genus of a separate family Taxodiaceae | ||
sequoia, redwood the soft reddish wood of either of two species of sequoia trees | ||
genus sequoiadendron, sequoiadendron giant sequoias; sometimes included in the genus Sequoia; until recently placed in the Taxodiaceae | ||
genus taxodium, taxodium bald cypress; swamp cypress | ||
genus tetraclinis, tetraclinis sandarac tree | ||
genus thuja, thuja red cedar |