Cupressus

See also: cupressus

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin cupressus (“cypress”).

Proper noun

Cupressus f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cupressaceae – the cypresses.

Usage notes

• The genus had long included the New World cypresses now often placed in .

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; Pinopsida - class; Pinidae - subclass; Pinales - order; Cupressaceae - family; Cupressoideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Cupressus sempervirens (Mediterranean cypress) - type species; (Moroccan cypress); (South Tibet cypress); (Bhutan cypress); , Cheng's cypress); (Yunnan cypress); (Saharan cypress); (weeping cypress); (Tibetan cypress); (Tonkin cypress); (Himalayan cypress); (Vietnamese cypress) - species (Old World); (, Santa Cruz cypress); (, Arizona cypress); (, Modoc cypress); (, Bentham's cypress); (, Tecate cypress); (, smooth Arizona cypress); (, Gowen cypress); (, Guadalupe cypress); (, Mexican cypress); (, Macnab cypress); (, Monterey cypress); (, San Pedro Martir cypress); (, Piute cypress); , Nootka cypress); (, Mendocino cypress); (El Rincon cypress); (, Sargent cypress); (, Cuyamaca cypress) - New World species

References

• Cupressus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cupressus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cupressus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Cupressus at USDA Plants database