hinoki cypress

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(hi nōkē)


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hi•noki cypress  (hi nōkē),USA pronunciation 
  1. 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


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