MACROCARPA

Meaning of MACROCARPA in English

[ ˌmakrə(ʊ)'kα:pə ]

■ noun a Californian cypress tree with a large spreading crown of horizontal branches. [ Cupressus ~ .]

Origin

early 20th cent.: mod. L., from macro- + Gk karpos 'fruit'.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

MACROCARPA — ˌmakrəˈkärpə noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin macrocarpa (specific epithet of Cupressus macrocarpa ), from macr- + -carpa (from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MACROCARPA — n. South African shrub having green spines and shiny leaves (also known as amatungulu)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MACROCARPA — macrocarpa BrE AmE ˌmæk rəʊ ˈkɑːp ə AmE \ -roʊ ˈkɑːrp ə
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MACROCARPA — n. an evergreen tree, Cupressus macrocarpa, often cultivated for hedges or wind-breaks. [mod.L f. Gk MACRO- + karpos fruit]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MACROCARPA — n. an evergreen tree, Cupressus macrocarpa, often cultivated for hedges or wind-breaks. [ mod.L f. Gk MACRO- + karpos fruit …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MACROCARPA — n. an evergreen tree, Cupressus macrocarpa, often cultivated for hedges or wind-breaks. Etymology: mod.L f. Gk MACRO- + karpos fruit
Oxford English vocab
MONTEREY CYPRESS — noun Etymology: Monterey, California Date: 1873 a California cypress ( Cupressus macrocarpa ) that is endemic to the Monterey and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
IVORY NUT — noun Date: circa 1847 the nutlike seed of a South American palm ( Phytelephas macrocarpa ) containing a very hard …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BUR OAK — noun Date: 1815 a usually large oak ( Quercus macrocarpa ) of eastern North America having oval acorns enclosed in …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PLUM JUNIPER — noun 1. : syrian juniper 2. : a Mediterranean juniper ( Juniperus Macrocarpa ) with a large berrylike glaucous blue …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MONTEREY CYPRESS — noun Usage: usually capitalized M Etymology: from Monterey Bay, Calif. : a tall California cypress ( Cupressus macrocarpa ) endemic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IVORY NUT — noun 1. : the nutlike seed of a So. American palm ( Phytelephas macrocarpa ) containing a very hard endosperm …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHILICOTHE — ˌchiləˈkōthē noun ( -s ) Etymology: modification of Mexican Spanish chilicote : a Californian herbaceous vine ( Echinocystis macrocarpa ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BUR OAK — noun or burr oak : a useful and ornamental oak ( Quercus macrocarpa ) of central and eastern No. America …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BIG-CONE SPRUCE — noun : an evergreen tree ( Pseudotsuga macrocarpa ) of the western United States having cones 4 to 7 1/2 …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MONTEREY CYPRESS — a tree, Cupressus macrocarpa, of southern California, being pyramid-shaped in youth, but spreading in age: occurs naturally in only two …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
IVORY NUT — 1. the seed of a low, South American palm, Phytelephas macrocarpa, yielding vegetable ivory. 2. a similar seed from other …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BUR OAK — an oak tree, Quercus macrocarpa, of eastern North America, having shiny, dark-green leaves, light-gray deeply ridged bark, and very large …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AMATUNGULU — n. South African shrub having green spines and shiny leaves (also known as macrocarpa)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MONTEREY CYPRESS — noun Etymology: Monterey, California Date: 1873 : a California cypress ( Cupressus macrocarpa ) that is endemic to the Monterey …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
IVORY NUT — Date: circa 1847 : the nutlike seed of a South American palm ( Phytelephas macrocarpa ) containing a very hard …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BUR OAK — Date: 1815 : a usually large oak ( Quercus macrocarpa ) of eastern North America having oval acorns enclosed in …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
IVORY NUT — ■ noun the seed of a tropical American palm ( Phytelephas macrocarpa ), which, when hardened, is a source of …
Concise Oxford English vocab
BUR OAK — ■ noun a North American oak with large fringed acorn cups and wood formerly used in shipbuilding. [ Quercus macrocarpa …
Concise Oxford English vocab
IVORY NUT — [ivory nut] n (ca. 1847): the nutlike seed of a So. American palm (Phytelephas macrocarpa) containing a very hard endosperm …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MONTEREY CYPRESS — [Mon.te.rey cypress] n [Monterey, California] (1873): a California cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa) that is endemic to the Monterey and Carmel seacoast …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SEED AND FRUIT — respectively, the characteristic reproductive body of both angiosperms (flowering plants) and gymnosperms (conifers, cycads, and ginkgos) and the ovary that …
Britannica English vocabulary
OAK — any of about 450 species of ornamental and timber trees and shrubs constituting the genus Quercus in the beech family …
Britannica English vocabulary
CYPRESS — any of about 20 species of ornamental and timber evergreen conifers constituting the genus Cupressus of the family Cupressaceae, distributed …
Britannica English vocabulary
TAGUA — бот. слоновая пальма (Phytelephas macrocarpa) (ботаника) слоновая пальма (Phytelephas macrocarpa)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TAGUA — бот. слоновая пальма (Phytelephas macrocarpa) (ботаника) слоновая пальма (Phytelephas macrocarpa)
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