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macrocarpa

macrocarpa noun: the Monterey cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa.

Noun

macrocarpa (plural macrocarpas)

  1. The Monterey cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa.
    • From Ulverstone, the road dipped and rose through potato fields and lines of towering macrocarpa […] .2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 216

Forms of macrocarpa

pluralmacrocarpas

Origin of macrocarpa

From Latin macrocarpa (“large-fruited”).

Questions about macrocarpa

What does macrocarpa mean?
Macrocarpa means the Monterey cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa.
What part of speech is macrocarpa?
Macrocarpa is a noun.
What is the plural of macrocarpa?
The plural of macrocarpa is macrocarpas.

Words near macrocarpa in the dictionary

  1. macrocapsules
  2. macrocarcinoma
  3. macrocarnivore
  4. macrocarnivores
  5. macrocarnivorous
  6. macrocarpa
  7. macrocarpal
  8. macrocarpals
  9. macrocarpamine
  10. macrocarpas
  11. macrocarpin

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