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leyland cypress

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English

Syllables
ley-land -cy-press
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fast-growing evergreen tree (Cupressus × leylandii) used for hedges and screens that is a hybrid of the Monterey cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa, and the Alaskan cypress, Cupressus nootkatensis.

Etymology

Leyland, a town in Lancashire, England.

Inflected Forms

Leyland cypresses (plural)

Synonyms

Leyland leylandii

Questions

What does leyland cypress mean?
A fast-growing evergreen tree (Cupressus × leylandii) used for hedges and screens that is a hybrid of the Monterey cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa, and the Alaskan cypress, Cupressus nootkatensis.
Where does leyland cypress come from?
Leyland, a town in Lancashire, England.

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