Italian cypress

Italian cypress
noun
tall Eurasian cypress with thin grey bark and ascending branches
Hypernyms: ↑cypress, ↑cypress tree

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized I
: a Eurasian tree (Cupressus sempervirens) with thin gray bark and erect or ascending branches and dark green leaves resembling scales — called also Mediterranean cypress

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