Cypress

Cy·press  (sprs)

A city of southern California, a suburb of Long Beach. Population: 47,600.

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cy·press  (sprs) n. 1. a. Any of various evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Cupressus, native to Eurasia and North America and having opposite, scalelike leaves and globose woody cones. b. Any of several similar or related coniferous trees, such as the bald cypress. c. The wood of any of these trees. 2. Cypress branches used as a symbol of mourning. [Middle English cipres, from Old French, from Late Latin cypressus, probably blend of Latin cupressus and cyparissus (from Greek kuparissos).]

cypress Monterey cypress Cupressus macrocarpa

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cypress¹

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any coniferous tree of the N temperate genus Cupressus, having dark green scalelike leaves and rounded cones: family Cupressaceae See also Leyland cypress

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several similar and related trees, such as the widely cultivated Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Lawson's cypress), of the western US

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various other coniferous trees, esp the swamp cypress

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) the wood of any of these trees

[Old English cypresse, from Latin cyparissus, from Greek kuparissos; related to Latin cupressus]

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cypress², cyprus [ˈsaɪprəs]

n

(Clothing & Fashion) a fabric, esp a fine silk, lawn, or crepelike material, often black and worn as mourning

[C14 cyprus from the island of Cyprus]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cypress - wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus cypress tree, cypress - any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones cypress pine - any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of Australia and northern New Caledonia juniper - coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones sequoia, redwood - either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae pond bald cypress, southern cypress, swamp cypress, Taxodium distichum, bald cypress - common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms bald cypress, pond cypress, Taxodium ascendens - smaller than and often included in the closely related Taxodium distichum Mexican swamp cypress, Montezuma cypress, Taxodium mucronatum - cypress of river valleys of Mexican highlands Callitris quadrivalvis, sandarac tree, Tetraclinis articulata, sandarac - large coniferous evergreen tree of North Africa and Spain having flattened branches and scalelike leaves yielding a hard fragrant wood; bark yields a resin used in varnishes wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
	2.	cypress - any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones cypress tree Cupressus, genus Cupressus - type genus of Cupressaceae cypress - wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus Cupressus goveniana, gowen cypress - small sometimes shrubby tree native to California; often used as an ornamental; in some classification systems includes the pygmy cypress and the Santa Cruz cypress Cupressus goveniana pigmaea, Cupressus pigmaea, pygmy cypress - rare small cypress native to northern California; sometimes considered the same species as gowen cypress Cupressus abramsiana, Cupressus goveniana abramsiana, Santa Cruz cypress - rare California cypress taller than but closely related to gowen cypress and sometimes considered the same species Arizona cypress, Cupressus arizonica - Arizona timber tree with bluish silvery foliage Cupressus guadalupensis, Guadalupe cypress - relatively low wide-spreading endemic on Guadalupe Island; cultivated for its bluish foliage Cupressus macrocarpa, Monterey cypress - tall California cypress endemic on Monterey Bay; widely used for ornament as well as reforestation and shelterbelt planting cedar of Goa, Cupressus lusitanica, Mexican cypress, Portuguese cypress - tall spreading evergreen found in Mexico having drooping branches; believed to have been introduced into Portugal from Goa Cupressus sempervirens, Italian cypress, Mediterranean cypress - tall Eurasian cypress with thin grey bark and ascending branches galbulus - the seed-producing cone of a cypress tree conifer, coniferous tree - any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones

Translations

cypress [ˈsaɪprɪs] N → ciprés m

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cypress [ˈsaɪprəs] n (= tree) → cyprès m

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cypress

n → Zypresse f

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cypress [ˈsaɪprɪs] n → cipresso
Lawson's cypress → cedro bianco

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cypress [ˈsaɪprɪs] n → cipresso
Lawson's cypress → cedro bianco

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cypress

n cypress [ˈsaipris]

a type of evergreen tree. sipres شَجرة السَّرو кипарис cypřiš cypres die Zypresse κυπαρίσσι ciprés küpress سرو sypressi cyprès בּרוֹש सनोबर čempres ciprus(fa) sipres kÿprusviður cipresso いとすぎ (나무) 사이프러스 kiparisas ciprese sipres cipres sypress cyprys cipreste chiparos кипарис cyprus cipresa čempres cypress ต้นสนเมืองหนาวชนิดหนึ่ง servi ağacı 柏樹 кипарис سرو، ايک قسم كا درخت cây bách 柏树