sargent cypress

sargent cypress
\\-jənt-\ noun also sargent's cypress
Usage: usually capitalized S
Etymology: probably after Charles Sprague Sargent died 1927 American dendrologist
: a shrub or bushy tree (Cupressus sargentii) of western No. America having dark green acute glandular pitted leaves

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