Japanese cedar

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Japanese cedar

An eastern Asian coniferous evergreen tree (Cryptomeria japonica) having curved, spirally arranged leaves and cultivated as an ornamental and timber tree. Also called cryptomeria.

Japanese cedar

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for cryptomeria

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Japanese cedar - tall evergreen of Japan and China yielding valuable soft wood

Cryptomeria japonica, Japan cedar, sugi

cedar, cedar tree - any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars

Cryptomeria, genus Cryptomeria - Japanese cedar; sugi

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