macnab cypress

macnab cypress
\\mə̇kˈnab-\ noun also macnab's cypress
Usage: usually capitalized M & often capitalized N
Etymology: after James MacNab died 1878 Scottish botanist
: a bushy evergreen tree (Cupressus macnabiana) of the Pacific coast of No. America

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