Definition of Montezuma cypress

1. Noun. Cypress of river valleys of Mexican highlands.

Exact synonyms: Mexican Swamp Cypress, Taxodium Mucronatum
Generic synonyms: Cypress
Group relationships: Genus Taxodium, Taxodium
Specialized synonyms: Ahuehuete, Tule Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Montezuma Cypress

Monterey Jack
Monterey cypress
Monterey pine
Monterrey
Montespan
Montesquieu
Montessori
Montessorian
Montessorians
Monteverdi
Montevideo
Montez
Montezuma
Montezuma's revenge
Montezuma II
Montezuma cypress (current term)
Montfort
Montgolfier
Montgolfiers
Montgomery
Montgomery's follicles
Montgomery's glands
Montgomery's tubercle
Montgomery's tubercles
Montgomery Ward
Montgomery pie
Montgomeryshire
Montia
Montia chamissoi
Montia cordifolia

Literary usage of Montezuma cypress

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

1. The Pinetum: Being a Synopsis of All the Coniferous Plants at Present Known by George Gordon, Robert Glendinning (1858)
"TAXODIUM DISTICHUM MEXICANUM, Gordon, the Montezuma cypress. Syn. Taxodium pinnatum, Hort. „ „ virens, Knight. „ „ Montezuma, Dunal. ..."

2. The Tree-lifter, Or, a New Method of Transplanting Forest Trees by George Greenwood (1876)
"... of the tree would have been thirty-nine feet in 936 years ; and the Montezuma cypress would have been about 400 years old at the conquest of Mexico. ..."

3. Select Extra-tropical Plants, Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1891)
"The famed Montezuma-Cypress of Mexico ; to 120 feet high, with a trunk reaching 44 feet in circumference ; it forms extensive forests between Chapultepec ..."

4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"Montezuma cypress. Similar to the preceding species: taller evergreen tree, occasionally 170 ft. high with a trunk 20 ft. or more in diam. ..."

5. Gardening in California: Landscape and Flower by John McLaren (1908)
"The genus comprises several species including Taxo- dium distichum (from Louisiana) and Taxodium mucronata, the Montezuma cypress (from Mexico). ..."

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