Definition of Monterey cypress

1. Noun. Tall California cypress endemic on Monterey Bay; widely used for ornament as well as reforestation and shelterbelt planting.

Exact synonyms: Cupressus Macrocarpa
Generic synonyms: Cypress, Cypress Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Monterey Cypress

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Monte Carlo method
Monte Carlo methods
Monte Cristo sandwich
Monteggia
Montego Bay
Montegonian
Montegonians
Montenegrin
Montenegrins
Montenegro
Montenegro test
Monterey
Monterey Bay
Monterey Jack
Monterey cypress (current term)
Monterey pine
Monterrey
Montespan
Montesquieu
Montessori
Montessorian
Montessorians
Monteverdi
Montevideo
Montez
Montezuma
Montezuma's revenge
Montezuma II
Montezuma cypress

Literary usage of Monterey cypress

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Flora of Western Middle California by Willis Linn Jepson (1901)
"... Monterey cypress, is found only ANGIOSPERME. the ovules matures and forms the fruit. Ovules borne in a closed sac or ovary, which after fertilization of ..."

2. Handbook of West-American Cone-bearers by John Gill Lemmon (1900)
"3 — Monterey cypress C. macrocarpa, Hartweg. Familiar hedge-making trees, indigenous upon Point Finos, near Monterey, where the cutting winds from the ocean ..."

3. The Trees of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1909)
"Monterey cypress is most interesting for its remarkably restricted natural ... Monterey cypress is of course a genuine cypress and Lebanon Cedar a genuine ..."

4. Gypsies, Or why We Went Gypsying in the Sierras by Dio Lewis (1881)
"Some botanist may know that this is not true, but an intelligent gentleman, a devotee of "The Beautiful Science," told me that the Monterey cypress was ..."

5. Outdoor Heritage by Harold Child Bryant (1919)
"On the shore near the mouth of the Carmel River in Monterey County grows the Monterey cypress, most restricted of all. Jepson speaks of the Monterey ..."

6. The Silva of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1910)
"Monterey cypress GOWEN CYPRESS Fig. 1. An isolated arboreal island. Sketch-map of region about Monterey ... (Monterey cypress) is not found elsewhere. ..."

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