cypress
Pronunciation
  • (RP, America) IPA: /ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/
Noun

cypress (plural cypresses)

  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.
Translations Noun

cypress

  1. Alternative form of Cyprus#English|Cyprus (“type of fabric”)



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