cryptomeria

/ (ˌkrɪptəʊˈmɪərɪə) /


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

Origin of cryptomeria

1
C19: from New Latin, from crypto- + Greek meros part; so called because the seeds are hidden by scales

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How to use cryptomeria in a sentence

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

  • 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.

    Lafcadio Hearn | Nina H. Kennard
  • The tree of education, instead of being a lofty or wide-spreading cryptomeria, must be the measured nursling of the teacup.

    The Religions of Japan | William Elliot Griffis
  • The subject for competition in the year in which the landowner had been successful was, "The cryptomeria in a temple court."

    The Foundations of Japan | J.W. Robertson Scott
  • When fourteen years of age he obtained seeds of cryptomeria and planted them in a spot in the hills.

    The Foundations of Japan | J.W. Robertson Scott