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hinoki cypress
[ hi-noh-kee ]
noun
- an evergreen tree, Chamaecyparis obtusa, of Japan, having scalelike leaves and orange-brown cones, grown for timber and as an ornamental.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hinoki cypress1
1720–30; < Japanese hi-no-ki, equivalent to hi cypress (earlier f ( y ) i < *pi ) + no grammatical particle + ki ( y ) tree (earlier *koi )
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