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Mac·nab cypress | \ mə̇kˈnab- \
variants:
or MacNab cypress or less commonly Macnab's cypress or MacNab's cypress
Definition of Macnab cypress
: a bushy evergreen tree (Cupressus macnabiana) of the Pacific coast of North America
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The first known use of Macnab cypress was in 1881
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