cryptomeria

1. 1.

   Japanese cedar; sugi

   Synonymsgenus Cryptomeria

   Broadergymnosperm genus

   Part ofCupressaceae

Other forms of cryptomeria

plural

cryptomerias·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cryptomeria

What does cryptomeria mean?

cryptomeria means "Japanese cedar; sugi".

How many syllables are in cryptomeria?

cryptomeria has 5 syllables: cryp-to-me-ri-a. The stress falls on "me".

What is another word for cryptomeria?

Close synonyms include genus Cryptomeria. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cryptomeria a common word?

cryptomeria is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.