Leyland cypress

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Leyland cypress

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Leyland, a town in Lancashire, England.

noun Leyland cypresses

A fast-growing evergreen tree (Cupressus × leylandii) used for hedges and screens that is a hybrid of the Monterey cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa, and the Alaskan cypress, Cupressus nootkatensis.
Similar: Leyland, leylandii

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@misc{leyland_cypress_2026,
  title = {Leyland cypress},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/leyland%20cypress},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}