CRYPTOMERIA

Meaning of CRYPTOMERIA in English

n. a tall evergreen tree, Cryptomeria japonica, native to China and Japan, with long curved spirally arranged leaves and short cones. Also called Japanese cedar.

Etymology: CRYPTO- + Gk meros part (because the seeds are enclosed by scales)

Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012

CRYPTOMERIA — noun see: merit Date: 1841 an evergreen tree ( Cryptomeria japonica ) of the bald cypress family that is a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CRYPTOMERIA — ˌkriptəˈmirēə noun Etymology: New Latin, from crypt- + Greek meros part + New Latin -ia; from the concealment of the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CRYPTOMERIA — noun Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from crypt- + Greek meros part — more at merit Date: 1841 : an …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CRYPTOMERIA — [ ˌkrɪptə(ʊ)'mɪərɪə ] ■ noun a tall conical coniferous tree with long, curved leaves and short cones, native to China …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CRYPTOMERIA — [cryp.to.me.ria] n [NL, genus name, fr. crypt- + Gk meros part--more at merit] (1841): an evergreen tree (Cryptomeria japonica) of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CRYPTOMERIA — n. a tall evergreen tree, Cryptomeria japonica, native to China and Japan, with long curved spirally arranged leaves and short …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CRYPTOMERIA — n. a tall evergreen tree, Cryptomeria japonica, native to China and Japan, with long curved spirally arranged leaves and short …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CRYPTOMERIA — n. Pronunciation: ˌ krip-t ə - ' mir- ē - ə Function: noun Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from crypt- …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
JAPANESE CEDAR — noun Date: circa 1880 a large Chinese and Japanese evergreen tree ( Cryptomeria japonica ) of the cypress family grown …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BALD CYPRESS — Either of two large swamp trees ( Taxodium distichum and T. ascendens ; family Taxodiaceae) of the southern U.S. that …
Английский словарь Британика
CONE — I. ˈkōn noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French cone, from Latin conus, from Greek kōnos …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JAPANESE CEDAR — noun Usage: usually capitalized J : a large evergreen tree ( Cryptomeria japonica ) grown especially in Japan and China …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JAPAN CEDAR — an evergreen tree, Cryptomeria japonica, of Japan, characterized by the pyramidal manner of growth of its branches. Also called Japanese …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CONE — I. ˈkōn noun Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin conus, from Greek kōnos Date: 1545 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
JAPANESE CEDAR — Date: circa 1880 : a large Chinese and Japanese evergreen tree ( Cryptomeria japonica ) of the cypress family grown …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
JAPANESE CEDAR — ■ noun another term for cryptomeria .
Concise Oxford English vocab
JAPANESE CEDAR — [Japanese cedar] n (ca. 1880): a large evergreen tree (Cryptomeria japonica) grown esp. in China and Japan for its valuable …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CONIFER — any member of the division Coniferophyta, living and fossil gymnospermous plants that usually have needle-shaped, evergreen leaves and seeds attached …
Britannica English vocabulary
JAPANESE CEDAR — also called Japanese redwood, or peacock pine (species Cryptomeria japonica) a coniferous evergreen timber tree and only species of the …
Britannica English vocabulary
JAPANESE — n. & adj. --n. (pl. same) 1 a a native or national of Japan. b a person of Japanese descent. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
JAPANESE — n. & adj. n. (pl. same) 1 a a native or national of Japan. b a person of Japanese descent. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
JAPANESE — n. & adj. --n. (pl. same) 1. a a native or national of Japan. b a person of Japanese descent. …
Oxford English vocab
BALD CYPRESS — Either of two large swamp trees ( Taxodium distichum and T. ascendens ; family Taxodiaceae) of the southern U.S. that …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ХВОЙНЫЕ — группа семенных сосудистых растений, составляющая в разных классификационных схемах либо порядок (Coniferales) отдела голосеменных (Gymnospermae), либо самостоятельный отдел Coniferophyta. Деревья …
Русский словарь Colier

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