Mexican swamp cypress

Mexican swamp cypress
noun
cypress of river valleys of Mexican highlands
Hypernyms: ↑cypress
Hyponyms: ↑Ahuehuete, ↑Tule tree
Member Holonyms: ↑Taxodium, ↑genus Taxodium

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