Cunninghamia
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An evergreen tree from East Asia with soft needle-like leaves
- proper noun
- Specialized
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Cunninghamia
- Thus, a bright blue-green, such as that of the Colorado blue spruce or the China fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata), would be too cold for a warm-colored garden.
- Cunninghamia lanceolata
- China fir
Examples
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Photo (black & white): Fig. 3 -- A China fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) logging site of the Lianshan Village Committee, inside the buffer zone of the Shimentai Nature Reserve.
Academic text (2003) -
Photo (black & white): Fig. 3 -- A China fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) logging site of the Lianshan Village Committee, inside the buffer zone of the Shimentai Nature Reserve.
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The nursery specializes in Cunninghamia, offering a variety of coniferous trees known for their soft, needle-like leaves.
Surface Forms
Cunninghamia main
Etymology
Cunninghamia was named for a plant collector called Cunningham, and it now means a group of evergreen trees from East Asia. So, Cunninghamia today usually refers to that kind of tree with soft, needle-like leaves.