Definition of cupressaceaes Cupressaceaes

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cupressaceaes, noun, plural of cupressaceae.

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Noun
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