Santa Cruz cypress
- noun
- Specialized
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ciprés de Santa Cruz
- Unlike the Gowen cypress, the Santa Cruz cypress can grow to over 15 meters tall.
Examples
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The Santa Cruz cypress is found only in a few isolated groves in California.
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Botanists are working to protect the endangered Santa Cruz cypress from habitat loss.
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The Santa Cruz cypress is a unique tree species.
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Many people admire the Santa Cruz cypress for its height.
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Botanists are working to protect the endangered Santa Cruz cypress from habitat loss.
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The Santa Cruz cypress is found only in a few isolated groves in California.
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Unlike the Gowen cypress, the Santa Cruz cypress can grow to over 15 meters tall.
Synonyms
A rare cypress tree native to California, found in only a few places
A small, sometimes shrubby cypress tree from California grown for its looks
A small tree or shrub that keeps its leaves all year and is often grown in California gardens
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Morphology
Santa + Cruz + cypress
The phrase is a place-name + noun combination: 'Santa Cruz' (a toponym) plus 'cypress' (a tree), so its meaning – a cypress associated with Santa Cruz – is directly inferable from the constituents. Naming species or items after places is a common, compositional pattern across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the parts would understand it refers to a cypress from Santa Cruz.
Etymology
Santa Cruz cypress comes from the place name Santa Cruz in California, where this special cypress grows in only a few small groves. People named the tree after the town and the kind of tree, so the name means 'a cypress from Santa Cruz'.