taxodium

See also: Taxodium

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Pronunciation

  • /tækˈsoʊdiəm/

Noun

taxodium (plural taxodiums)

  1. Any of the genus Taxodium of flood-tolerant conifers in the cypress family.
    • 2009 July 16, Penelope Green, “Feathering Her Nest”, in New York Times:
      It was a bright July morning, and she was showing off her garden, a “Through the Looking Glass” landscape of taxodium, cryptomeria and juniper, alliums, corkscrew grass and ostrich ferns []
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