macrocarpa

noun

a large coniferous tree of New Zealand, Cupressus macrocarpa, used for shelter belts on farms and for rough timberAlso called: Monterey cypress

Word Origin

C19: from New Latin, from Greek macro- + karpos fruit

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Examples from the Web for macrocarpa

Historical Examples

Macrocarpa, leaves and fruit larger than those of the species.
Woodland Gleanings
Charles Tilt
This is a spruce of a species new to me, Douglasii macrocarpa.
Steep Trails
John Muir
Wax candles have been made from the seeds of Myrica macrocarpa in Colombia, and also from vegetable wax in Java.
The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom
P. L. Simmonds
Pavia macrocarpa (syn Pavia macrocarpa) an open-headed and graceful tree; Ae.
Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs
A. D. Webster
It is the Cypress or Macrocarpa period, when trim hedges divide the gardens—and often the people—from one another.
A History of the English Church in New Zealand
Henry Thomas Purchas

macrocarpa

Word Origin

Examples from the Web for macrocarpa

Historical Examples

Macrocarpa, leaves and fruit larger than those of the species.

This is a spruce of a species new to me, Douglasii macrocarpa.

Wax candles have been made from the seeds of Myrica macrocarpa in Colombia, and also from vegetable wax in Java.

Pavia macrocarpa (syn Pavia macrocarpa) an open-headed and graceful tree; Ae.

It is the Cypress or Macrocarpa period, when trim hedges divide the gardens—and often the people—from one another.