cryptomeria

/ ˌkrɪptəʊˈmɪərɪə /

noun

1. a coniferous tree, Cryptomeria japonica, of China and Japan, with curved needle-like leaves and small round cones: family Taxodiaceae

Word History and Origins

Origin of cryptomeria¹

C19: from New Latin, from crypto- + Greek meros part; so called because the seeds are hidden by scales

Example Sentences

The Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) is a kind of cypress, the wood of which is very durable.

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On the top of the bank a cryptomeria threw a dark shadow, and a plum-tree near it was a mass of snowy white bloom.

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The tree of education, instead of being a lofty or wide-spreading cryptomeria, must be the measured nursling of the teacup.

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The subject for competition in the year in which the landowner had been successful was, "The cryptomeria in a temple court."

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When fourteen years of age he obtained seeds of cryptomeria and planted them in a spot in the hills.

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