Sargent cypress

noun

Sar·​gent cypress

-jənt-

variants or less commonly Sargent's cypress

: a shrub or bushy tree (Cupressus sargentii) of western North America having dark green acute glandular pitted leaves

Word History

Etymology

probably after Charles Sprague Sargent †1927 American dendrologist

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