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Cypress
(redirected from Italian cypresses)

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Cy·press  (sprs)
A city of southern California, a suburb of Long Beach. Population: 47,600.

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).]
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cypress
Monterey cypress
Cupressus macrocarpa

cypress
Noun
1. an evergreen tree with dark green leaves
2. the wood of this tree [Greek kuparissos]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Cypresscypress - 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.Cypresscypress - any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones
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] nciprés m

cypress [ˈsaɪprɪs] ncyprès m

cypress [ˈsaɪprɪs] nZypresse f

cypress [ˈsaɪprɪs] ncipresso

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 삼나무 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


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