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.
A kind of
- conifer
Kinds of cypress
- pygmy cypress
- pond cypress
- juniper
- swamp cypress
- redwood
Word history
From Latin "cypressus".
Where this comes from
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