cypress family

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cypress family - cypresses and junipers and many cedars Cupressaceae, family Cupressaceae gymnosperm family - a family of gymnosperms Coniferales, order Coniferales - profusely branching and chiefly evergreen trees and some shrubs having narrow or needlelike leaves cedar, cedar tree - any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars Cupressus, genus Cupressus - type genus of Cupressaceae Athrotaxis, genus Athrotaxis - a genus of gymnosperm Austrocedrus, genus Austrocedrus - one species; formerly included in genus Libocedrus Callitris, genus Callitris - evergreen monoecious coniferous trees or shrubs: cypress pines Calocedrus, genus Calocedrus - tall evergreens of western North America and eastern Asia; formerly included in genus Libocedrus Chamaecyparis, genus Chamaecyparis - a genus of Chamaecyparis Cryptomeria, genus Cryptomeria - Japanese cedar; sugi genus Juniperus, Juniperus - junipers genus Libocedrus, Libocedrus - cypresses that resemble cedars redwood family, subfamily Taxodiaceae, Taxodiaceae - coniferous trees; traditionally considered an independent family though recently included in Cupressaceae in some classification systems genus Metasequoia - genus of deciduous conifers comprising both living and fossil forms; 1 extant species: dawn redwood of China; variously classified as member of Pinaceae or Taxodiaceae genus Sequoia - redwoods; until recently considered a genus of a separate family Taxodiaceae sequoia, redwood - either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae genus Sequoiadendron, Sequoiadendron - giant sequoias; sometimes included in the genus Sequoia; until recently placed in the Taxodiaceae genus Taxodium, Taxodium - bald cypress; swamp cypress genus Tetraclinis, Tetraclinis - sandarac tree genus Thuja, Thuja - red cedar genus Thujopsis, Thujopsis - one species; has close similarity to genus Thuja