HINOKI CYPRESS


Meaning of HINOKI CYPRESS in English

/hi noh"kee/

an evergreen tree, Chamaecyparis obtusa, of Japan, having scalelike leaves and orange-brown cones, grown for timber and as an ornamental.

[ 1720-30; hi-no-ki, equiv. to hi cypress (earlier f ( y ) i pi ) + no grammatical particle + ki ( y ) tree (earlier * koi ) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .