Cryptomeria

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  • noun. undefined
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any tree of the genus Cryptomeria, especially the Japanese cedar, Cryptomeria japonica
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  • noun. 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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