sawara cypress

noun

sa·​wa·​ra cypress

ˈsäwərə

: a Japanese evergreen tree (Chamaecyparis pisifera) used for timber and as the source of many horticultural forms of retinispora

Word History

Etymology

Japanese sawara

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