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cupressinoxylon

noun
cu路​pres路​si路​nox路​y路​lon | \ k(y)眉藢pres蓹藞n盲ks蓹藢l盲n\

Definition of cupressinoxylon

1 capitalized : a genus of fossil plants having an internal structure similar to that of present-day Cupressus and related genera
2 plural -s : any fossil wood having this structure

History and Etymology for cupressinoxylon

New Latin, from cupressino- (from Latin cupressinus of cypress, from cupressus cypress + -inus -ine) + -xylon

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