cryptomeria
- a coniferous tree, Cryptomeria japonica, of China and Japan, with curved needle-like leaves and small round cones: family Taxodiaceae
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Word Origin
C19: from New Latin, from crypto- + Greek meros part; so called because the seeds are hidden by scales
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Historical Examples
The cryptomeria at one of the shrines I visited were of great age.
The Foundations of JapanJ.W. Robertson Scott
Moreover, on his body grows moss, together with the fir and the cryptomeria of the forest.
Japanese Fairy TalesGrace James
The ceilings were panels of cryptomeria, and without either paint or varnish, were beautiful enough for a prince's palace.
The journey to Niko by rail is most diversified, shaded for miles by the Cryptomeria trees.
My Trip Around the WorldEleonora Hunt
Retinospora squarrosa and Cryptomeria elegans turn bronzy red in winter.
Trees and Shrubs for English GardensErnest Thomas Cook