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ALL meanings of cypress

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  • variable noun cypress A cypress or a cypress tree is a type of conifer. 3
  • noun cypress any coniferous tree of the N temperate genus Cupressus, having dark green scalelike leaves and rounded cones: family Cupressaceae 3
  • noun cypress any of several similar and related trees, such as the widely cultivated Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Lawson's cypress), of the western US 3
  • noun cypress any of various other coniferous trees, esp the swamp cypress 3
  • noun cypress the wood of any of these trees 3
  • noun cypress a fabric, esp a fine silk, lawn, or crepelike material, often black and worn as mourning 3
  • adjective cypress designating a family (Cupressaceae) of conifers including the junipers 3
  • noun cypress any of a genus (Cupressus) of evergreen, cone-bearing trees of the cypress family, native to North America, Europe, and Asia, with dark foliage and a distinctive symmetrical form 3
  • noun cypress any of a number of related trees, including the baldcypress and white cedar 3
  • noun cypress the branches or sprigs of the cypress, used as a symbol of mourning 3
  • noun cypress any of various textile fabrics, originally made in Cyprus; specif., a fine, gauzelike lawn or silk: in black, it was often worn for mourning 3
  • noun cypress a city in SW California. 1
  • noun cypress coniferous tree 1
  • noun cypress wood of cypress tree 1
  • noun cypress 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. 1
  • noun cypress silk or cotton gauze fabric, usually black. 0
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