Associations to the word «Cypress»

Wiktionary

CYPRESS, noun. 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
CYPRESS, noun. Silk or cotton gauze fabric, usually black
CYPRESS PINE, noun. Any conifer tree from one of three closely related genera in the cypress family Cupressaceae
CYPRESS PINE, noun. Callitris, of Australia
CYPRESS PINE, noun. Actinostrobus, of Australia
CYPRESS PINE, noun. Widdringtonia, of Southern Africa
CYPRESS VINE, noun. Ipomoea quamoclit, a tropical morning glory.
CYPRESS VINES, noun. Plural of cypress vine

Dictionary definition

CYPRESS, noun. Wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus.
CYPRESS, noun. Any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones.

Wise words

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