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Chinese swamp cypress

Chinese swamp cypress noun: a deciduous tree of species Glyptostrobus pensilis, native to subtropical parts of southeastern China.

Noun

Chinese swamp cypress (plural Chinese swamp cypresses)

  1. A deciduous tree of species Glyptostrobus pensilis, native to subtropical parts of southeastern China.
    • […]the branchlets of the bald cypresses, and those of the smaller Chinese swamp cypresses growing with them, turned to a rusty orange colour and were shed.1977, Dale A. Russell, A Vanished World: The Dinosaurs of Western Canada (Natural History Series No. 4), Ottawa, Ont.: National Museum of Natural Sciences, →ISBN, page 81
    • The Chinese swamp cypress is deciduous, and it occurs naturally only on riverbanks and in swamps.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 99

Forms of Chinese swamp cypress

pluralChinese swamp cypresses

Questions about Chinese swamp cypress

What does Chinese swamp cypress mean?
Chinese swamp cypress means a deciduous tree of species Glyptostrobus pensilis, native to subtropical parts of southeastern China.
What part of speech is Chinese swamp cypress?
Chinese swamp cypress is a noun.
What is the plural of Chinese swamp cypress?
The plural of Chinese swamp cypress is Chinese swamp cypresses.

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  6. Chinese swamp cypress
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