cypress


Definition: Meaning of, cypress in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈsʌɪprəs /

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cypress cypresses
[countable]
  1. a tree with dark green leaves and hard wood, which does not lose its leaves in winter
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cypress used in phrases

  • Arizona cypress (noun)
    1. arizona timber tree with bluish silvery foliage
  • Guadalupe cypress (noun)
    1. relatively low wide-spreading endemic on Guadalupe Island; cultivated for its bluish foliage
  • Italian cypress (noun)
    1. tall Eurasian cypress with thin grey bark and ascending branches
  • Lawson's cypress (noun)
    1. large timber tree of western North America with trunk diameter to 12 feet and height to 200 feet
  • Mediterranean cypress (noun)
    1. tall Eurasian cypress with thin grey bark and ascending branches
  • Mexican cypress (noun)
    1. tall spreading evergreen found in Mexico having drooping branches; believed to have been introduced into Portugal from Goa
  • Mexican swamp cypress (noun)
    1. cypress of river valleys of Mexican highlands
  • Monterey cypress (noun)
    1. tall California cypress endemic on Monterey Bay; widely used for ornament as well as reforestation and shelterbelt planting
  • Montezuma cypress (noun)
    1. cypress of river valleys of Mexican highlands
  • Nootka cypress (noun)
    1. tall evergreen of the Pacific coast of North America often cultivated for ornament
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