English Explanatory Dictionary

cypress

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An evergreen coniferous tree with flattened shoots bearing small scale-like leaves, whose dark foliage is sometimes associated with mourning, in family Cupressaceae, especially the genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis.
noun
  1. Alternative form of Cyprus (“type of fabric”).
name
  1. A city in Orange County, California, United States.
  2. Ellipsis of Cypress County.

Pronunciation

/ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/ en-us-cypress.ogg

Word forms

cypress cypresses cypres

Etymology

From Middle English cipres, from Old French cipres (French cyprès), from Late Latin cypressus; compare Hebrew גֹּפֶר (gōp̄er), the name of the tree whose wood was used to make the ark (Genesis. vi:14), also κύπρος (relating to aromatic pitch).

Related words

cy pres

Derived words

African cypress Alaska cypress Arizona cypress Baker cypress bald cypress Bhutan cypress black cypress Chinese cypress Chinese swamp cypress Clanwilliam cypress cypress brake cypress canker cypress dome cypressed cypress gilia cypress grass cypress knee cypress koromiko cypress moss cypress pine cypress sedge cypress spurge cypress trout cypress vine deciduous cypress dwarf cypress false cypress field cypress Goa cyoress golden cypress Gowen cypress ground cypress Guadalupe cypress Guaiatecas cypress heath cypress Himalayan cypress hinoki cypress Italian cypress Japanese cypress Kashmir cypress Lambert's cypress Lawson's cypress Lawson cypress Leyland cypress Louisiana cypress Macnab cypress marsh cypress Mediterranean cypress Mexican cypress Milanji cypress Mlanje cypress mock cypress mock-cypress Modoc cypress Monterey cypress Montezuma cypress Mulanje cypress Nootka cypress Patagonian cypress pecky cypress
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