monterey cypress

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   tall California cypress endemic on Monterey Bay; widely used for ornament as well as reforestation and shelterbelt planting

   SynonymsCupressus macrocarpa

   Broadercypress

Questions about monterey cypress

What does monterey cypress mean?

monterey cypress means "tall California cypress endemic on Monterey Bay; widely used for ornament as well as reforestation and shelterbelt planting".

What is another word for monterey cypress?

Close synonyms include Cupressus macrocarpa. 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 monterey cypress a common word?

monterey cypress 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.