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Taxodium
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Noun1.Taxodium - bald cypressTaxodium - bald cypress; swamp cypress          
gymnosperm genus - a genus of gymnosperms
Cupressaceae, cypress family, family Cupressaceae - cypresses and junipers and many cedars
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


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The pond cypress roots rise from the water, swollen and large and are called cypress knees.
Louis, he worked from his sketches, capturing the thick growth of vegetation of cypress-lined bayous with fallen trees, hanging vines, and weathered cypress knees.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sparling had his nature lover's epiphany right there in his kayak amid all the black water and cypress knees.
 
 
 
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