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单词 taxodium
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taxodiumn.

Brit. /takˈsəʊdɪəm/, U.S. /tækˈsoʊdiəm/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Taxodium.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Taxodium, genus name (L. C. Richard 1810, in Ann. du Muséum d'Hist. Nat. 16 298) < classical Latin taxus yew (see taxaceous adj.) + post-classical Latin -odium -ode comb. form1.
Any of several cypress trees comprising or formerly included in the genus Taxodium, now chiefly restricted to two trees of southern North America and Mexico, the bald cypress, T. distichum, of the southern United States, and the Mexican cypress, T. mucronatum (also called ahuehuete). Also (in form Taxodium): the genus itself.
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1821 H. M. Williams tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. V. 257 There is neither pine, nor thuya, nor taxodiums [Fr. Taxodium], nor even a podocarpus.
1882 Ballou's Monthly Mag. July 62/2 The celebrated taxodium, of Chapultepec, in Mexico, was one hundred and seventeen feet in circumference.
1916 Geogr. Jrnl 48 16 Another characteristic tree of the highland valleys is the Ahuehuete, a Taxodium or cypress, a splendid tree which alas! is rapidly disappearing.
1950 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 40 212/1 From the Tertiary he listed seven species of Sequoia and three species of Taxodium.
2010 R. Lane Fox Thoughtful Gardening 310 The New York plantings include excellent taxodiums that are growing in well-drained ground.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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