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cryptomeria Definition

crypto·meria (krip′tō mir′ē ə, -tə-)

noun

a tall, cone-bearing Asiatic tree (Cryptomeria japonica) of the baldcypress family; Japanese cedar

Etymology: ModL < Gr kryptos, hidden (see crypt) + meros, a part (see merit) + ModL -ia (see -ia): so named because the seeds are “hidden” within the scales of the cones