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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | © A Dictionary of Plant Sciences 1998, originally published by Oxford University Press 1998. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Cryptomeria (family Taxodiaceae) A genus of conifers comprising one species, C. japonica (Japanese cedar), occurring in China and Japan, which is a tall tree with long, pointed, curved, spirally arranged leaves, and short, globose cones with several short, curved spines on each cone scale.

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