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leylandii, n.
Brit. |leɪˈlandɪʌɪ|, U.S. |leɪˈlændiaɪ|
Plural unchanged
Forms: also with capital initial.
[‹ scientific Latin leylandii, specific epithet of the tree (A. B. Jackson & W. Dallimore 1926, in Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) 114), genitive of Leylandius, Latinized form of the name of Christopher John Leyland (see Leyland n.). Compare earlier Leyland n.]
The Leyland cypress, × Cupressocyparis leylandii, a hybrid conifer noted for the height which it can rapidly attain as a garden tree, and hence widely grown as a screening plant and for shelter. More fully leylandii cypress, leylandii tree.
1988Gardener Feb. 53/3 It may be worthwhile covering the treated stumps..to prevent the vapour spreading and affecting your leylandii hedge. 1990Pract. Gardening Nov. 6/1 Eight golden Leylandii cypresses..barred the view of the open countryside. 1994Daily Tel. 7 Oct. 3/1 Yesterday a feud between two elderly residents over a line of 35ft leylandii trees reached the Appeal Court. 2000Independent 4 July i. 3/2 Leylandii have been blamed for the lack of care of their owners—people don't cut them back and then the trees get the blame. |