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Leyland cypress
"A fast-growing hybrid conifer which is narrowly conical with a dense growth of shoots bearing scale-like leaves, widely grown as a screening plant or for shelter", 1930s: named after Christopher J. Leyland (1849–1926), British horticulturist.