# cypress
## English
### Alternative forms

* cypres (obsolete)

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA: /ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Homophone: Cyprus

### Etymology 1

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).

#### Noun

cypress (plural cypresses)
* 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.
** 1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page iv:The plain appears like paradiſe reſtored, where the proud cypreſs and tall arreca ſeem walking by the margin of the paſſing ſtream..
** 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 273:Have a tree or two the witches particularly like, such as the alder, larch, cypress and hemlock; then, to counteract any possible evil effects, there must be a holly, yew, hazel, elder, mountain ash or juniper.

##### Derived terms

* African cypress (Widdringtonia spp.)
* Alaska cypress (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis)
* Arizona cypress (Cupressus arizonica)
* Baker cypress (Cupressus bakeri)
* bald cypress (Taxodium distichum and T. mucronatum)
* Bhutan cypress (Cupressus torulosa)
* black cypress (Taxodium distichum)
* Chinese cypress (Cupressus duclouxiana)
* Chinese swamp cypress (Glyptostrobus pensilis)
* Clanwilliam cypress (Widdringtonia wallichii)
* cypress brake
* cypress canker (Seiridium spp.)
* cypress dome
* cypressed
* cypress gilia (Gilia rubra)
* cypress grass (Cyperus diandrus)
* cypress knee
* cypress koromiko (Veronica cupressoides)
* cypress moss (Hypnum cupressiforme and Lycopodium alpinum)
* cypress pine (Callitris spp.)
* cypress sedge (Carex pseudocyperus)
* cypress spurge (Euphorbia cyparissia)
* cypress trout (Amia calva)
* cypress vine (Ipomoea quamoclit)
* deciduous cypress (Taxodium distichum)
* dwarf cypress (Lycopodium alpinum)
* false cypress (Chamaecyparis spp.)
* field cypress (Ajuga chamaepitys)
* Goa cyoress (Cupressus lusitanica)
* golden cypress (Cupressus spp.)
* Gowen cypress (Cupressus goveniana)
* ground cypress (Santolina chamaecyparissus)
* Guadalupe cypress (Cupressus guadalupensis)
* Guaiatecas cypress
* heath cypress (Lycopodium alpinum etc.)
* Himalayan cypress (Cupressus torulosa)
* hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa)
* Italian cypress (Cupressus sempervirens)
* Japanese cypress (Chamaecyparis spp.)
* Kashmir cypress
* Lambert's cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa)
* Lawson's cypress, Lawson cypress (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana)
* Leyland cypress (Cupressus × leylandii)
* Louisiana cypress (Taxodium distichum)
* Macnab cypress, MacNab cypress (Cupressus macnabiana)
* marsh cypress (Taxodium distichum)
* Mediterranean cypress (Cupressus sempervirens)
* Mexican cypress (Cupressus lusitanica, Taxodium mucronatum)
* Milanji cypress, Mlanje cypress (Widdringtonia whytei)
* mock cypress, mock-cypress (Kochia scoparia)
* Modoc cypress (Cupressus bakeri)
* Monterey cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa)
* Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum)
* Mulanje cypress (Widdringtonia whytei)
* Nootka cypress (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis)
* Patagonian cypress (Fitzroya cupressoides)
* pecky cypress
* Peruvian cypress
* pond cypress (Taxodium ascendens)
* Portuguese cyoress (Cupressus lusitanica)
* pygmy cypress (Cupressus goveniana pigmaea or Cupressus pigmaea)
* red cypress (Taxodium distichum)
* Russian cypress (Microbiota decussata)
* Saharan cypress (Cupressus dupreziana
* Santa Cruz cypress (Cupressus abramsiana or Cupressus goveniana abramsiana)
* Sargent cypress (Cupressus sargentii)
* sawara cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera)
* Shasta cypress (Cupressus macnabiana)
* Siskiyou cypress (Cupressus bakeri)
* Sitka cypress (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis)
* slender cypress pine (Callitris preissii)
* southern cypress pine (Callitris preissii)
* southern cypress (Taxodium distichum)
* standing cypress (Gilia rubra)
* summer cypress (Kochia scoparia)
* swamp cypress (Taxodium distichum, T. mucronatum, and Chamaecyparis thyoides)
* tree cypress (Gilia rubra)
* weeping cypress (Cupressus penebris)
* white cypress (Taxodium distichum and Callitris glauca)
* yellow cypress (Taxodium distichum and Chamaecyparis nootkatensis)

##### Translations
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

cypress
* Alternative form of Cyprus (“type of fabric”)

### See also

* cy pres

### References

* cypress on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Cupressus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Chamaecyparis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

## Middle English
### Noun

cypress
* Alternative form of cipres

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish cypres, from Latin cupressus.

### Noun

cypress c
* cypress