Leyland cypress

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Leyland, a town in Lancashire, England.

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Leyland cypress (plural Leyland cypresses)

  1. 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.

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