noun
tall evergreen of Japan and China yielding valuable soft wood
• Syn: ↑Japanese cedar, ↑sugi, ↑Cryptomeria japonica
• Hypernyms: ↑cedar, ↑cedar tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cryptomeria, ↑genus Cryptomeria
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nounUsage: usually capitalized J
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an evergreen tree, Cryptomeria japonica, of Japan, characterized by the pyramidal manner of growth of its branches. Also called Japanese cedar, sugi.
[1850-55]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.