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cryptomeria

(krip′tō mir′ē ə, -tə-)

noun

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

Origin: 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

See cryptomeria in American Heritage Dictionary 4

cryp·to·me·ri·a

noun

See Japanese cedar.

Origin: New Latin Cryptomeria, genus name : crypto- + Greek meros, part.

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