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Definition of Athrotaxis selaginoides

1. Noun. Evergreen of Tasmanian mountains having sharp-pointed leaves that curve inward.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Athrotaxis Selaginoides

Literary usage of Athrotaxis selaginoides

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

1. Veitch's Manual of the Coniferae: Containing a General Review of the Order by Adolphus Henry Kent (1900)
"athrotaxis selaginoides. A medium-sized tree attaining a height of 40 — 45 feet, the trunk covered with reddish brown bark (in Great Britain) peeling off in ..."

2. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies by Charles Prestwood Lucas (1907)
"... the dualism of its history is (lue neither to the two ranges, nor to the two climates, but to the two river systems. 1 athrotaxis selaginoides, 8ec.; ..."

3. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Robert Ellis, Great Britain Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, London Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
"67—70 Cedar (athrotaxis selaginoides), or pencil pine, of Tasmania, Marlborough, and Lake Country. [The pencil pine found in ..."

4. The London Journal of Botany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1847)
"Associated with it in one spot grew athrotaxis selaginoides, which is one of the rarest species. A few hundred feet took us to the summit, where a large ..."

5. The Industry of Nations, as Exemplified in the Great Exhibition of 1851 by London Exhibition of 1851 (1852)
"... specimens of the pencil pine or cedar, and of the celery-topped pine were likewise exhibited. The first of these, the cedar (athrotaxis selaginoides), ..."

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