cypress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/
homophone: Cyprus
Forms: form: cypresses
form: 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).
Senses: examples: text: The plain appears like paradiſe reſtored, where the proud cypreſs and tall arreca ſeem walking by the margin of the paſſing ſtream..
ref: 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:
text: 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.
ref: 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 273:
glosses: 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.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Widdringtonia spp.
word: African cypress
taxonomic: Chamaecyparis nootkatensis
word: Alaska cypress
taxonomic: Cupressus arizonica
word: Arizona cypress
taxonomic: Cupressus bakeri
word: Baker cypress
alt: Taxodium distichum and T. mucronatum
word: bald cypress
taxonomic: Cupressus torulosa
word: Bhutan cypress
taxonomic: Taxodium distichum
word: black cypress
taxonomic: Cupressus duclouxiana
word: Chinese cypress
taxonomic: Glyptostrobus pensilis
word: Chinese swamp cypress
taxonomic: Widdringtonia wallichii
word: Clanwilliam cypress
word: cypress brake
alt: Seiridium spp.
word: cypress canker
word: cypress dome
word: cypressed
taxonomic: Gilia rubra
word: cypress gilia
taxonomic: Cyperus diandrus
word: cypress grass
word: cypress knee
taxonomic: Veronica cupressoides
word: cypress koromiko
alt: Hypnum cupressiforme and Lycopodium alpinum
word: cypress moss
taxonomic: Callitris spp.
word: cypress pine
taxonomic: Carex pseudocyperus
word: cypress sedge
taxonomic: Euphorbia cyparissia
word: cypress spurge
taxonomic: Amia calva
word: cypress trout
taxonomic: Ipomoea quamoclit
word: cypress vine
taxonomic: Taxodium distichum
word: deciduous cypress
taxonomic: Lycopodium alpinum
word: dwarf cypress
taxonomic: Chamaecyparis spp.
word: false cypress
taxonomic: Ajuga chamaepitys
word: field cypress
taxonomic: Cupressus lusitanica
word: Goa cyoress
taxonomic: Cupressus spp.
word: golden cypress
taxonomic: Cupressus goveniana
word: Gowen cypress
taxonomic: Santolina chamaecyparissus
word: ground cypress
taxonomic: Cupressus guadalupensis
word: Guadalupe cypress
word: Guaiatecas cypress
taxonomic: Lycopodium alpinum etc.
word: heath cypress
taxonomic: Cupressus torulosa
word: Himalayan cypress
taxonomic: Chamaecyparis obtusa
word: hinoki cypress
taxonomic: Cupressus sempervirens
word: Italian cypress
taxonomic: Chamaecyparis spp.
word: Japanese cypress
word: Kashmir cypress
taxonomic: Cupressus macrocarpa
word: Lambert's cypress
word: Lawson's cypress
taxonomic: Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
word: Lawson cypress
alt: Cupressus × leylandii
word: Leyland cypress
taxonomic: Taxodium distichum
word: Louisiana cypress
word: Macnab cypress
taxonomic: Cupressus macnabiana
word: MacNab cypress
taxonomic: Taxodium distichum
word: marsh cypress
taxonomic: Cupressus sempervirens
word: Mediterranean cypress
taxonomic: Taxodium mucronatum
word: Mexican cypress
word: Milanji cypress
taxonomic: Widdringtonia whytei
word: Mlanje cypress
word: mock cypress
alt: Kochia scoparia
word: mock-cypress
taxonomic: Cupressus bakeri
word: Modoc cypress
taxonomic: Cupressus macrocarpa
word: Monterey cypress
taxonomic: Taxodium mucronatum
word: Montezuma cypress
taxonomic: Widdringtonia whytei
word: Mulanje cypress
taxonomic: Chamaecyparis nootkatensis
word: Nootka cypress
taxonomic: Fitzroya cupressoides
word: Patagonian cypress
word: pecky cypress
word: Peruvian cypress
taxonomic: Taxodium ascendens
word: pond cypress
taxonomic: Cupressus lusitanica
word: Portuguese cyoress
alt: Cupressus goveniana pigmaea or Cupressus pigmaea
word: pygmy cypress
taxonomic: Taxodium distichum
word: red cypress
taxonomic: Microbiota decussata
word: Russian cypress
word: Saharan cypress (Cupressus dupreziana
alt: Cupressus abramsiana or Cupressus goveniana abramsiana
word: Santa Cruz cypress
taxonomic: Cupressus sargentii
word: Sargent cypress
word: Sargent's cypress
taxonomic: Chamaecyparis pisifera
word: sawara cypress
taxonomic: Cupressus macnabiana
word: Shasta cypress
taxonomic: Cupressus bakeri
word: Siskiyou cypress
taxonomic: Chamaecyparis nootkatensis
word: Sitka cypress
taxonomic: Callitris preissii
word: slender cypress pine
taxonomic: Callitris preissii
word: southern cypress pine
taxonomic: Taxodium distichum
word: southern cypress
taxonomic: Gilia rubra
word: standing cypress
alt: Kochia scoparia
word: summer cypress
taxonomic: Taxodium distichum
alt: T. mucronatum, and Chamaecyparis thyoides
word: swamp cypress
taxonomic: Gilia rubra
word: tree cypress
taxonomic: Cupressus penebris
word: weeping cypress
alt: Taxodium distichum and Callitris glauca
word: white cypress
alt: Taxodium distichum and Chamaecyparis nootkatensis
word: yellow cypress