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hi•no′ki cy′press
(hi nō′kē),USA pronunciation
- Plant Biologyan evergreen tree, Chamaecyparis obtusa, of Japan, having scalelike leaves and orange-brown cones, grown for timber and as an ornamental.
- *pi) + no grammatical particle + ki(y) tree (earlier *koi)
- Japanese hi-no-ki, equivalent. to hi cypress (earlier f(y)i
- 1720–30