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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CYPRESS

n.[L., Gr. ] 1. A genus of plants or trees. The most remarkable are the sempervirens or common cypress, the evergreen American cypress or white cedar, and the disticha or deciduous American cypress. The wood of these trees is remarkable for its durability. The coffins in which the Athenian heroes and the mummies of Egypt were deposited, are said to have been made of the first species.
2. The emblem of mourning for the dead, cypress branches having been anciently used at funerals.
Had success attended the Americans, the death of Warren would have been sufficient to damp the joys of victory, and the cypress would have been united with the laurel.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CYPRESS

Cy "press (s "prs ), n.; pl. Cypresses (- Etym: [OE. cipres, cipresse,OF. cipres, F. cypr, L. cupressus, cyparissus (cf. the usual Lat. form cupressus ), fr. Gr. g, Gen. vi. 14.] (Bot )

 

Defn: A coniferous tree of the genus Cupressus. The species are mostly evergreen, and have wood remarkable for its durability.

 

Note: Among the trees called cypress are the common Oriental cypress, Cupressus sempervirens, the evergreen American cypress, C. thyoides (now called Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea ), and the deciduous American cypress, Taxodium distichum. As having anciently been used at funerals, and to adorn tombs, the Oriental species is an emblem of mourning and sadness. Cypress vine (Bot. ), a climbing plant with red or white flowers (Ipotoea Quamoclit, formerly Quamoclit vulgaris ).

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Cypress

Cy press |ˈsīprəs ˈsaɪprəs | a city in south central California, southeast of Los Angeles; pop. 47,123 (est. 2008 ).

 

cypress

cy press |ˈsīprəs ˈsaɪprəs | ▶noun (also cypress tree ) an evergreen coniferous tree with small, rounded, woody cones and flattened shoots bearing small, scalelike leaves. [Cupressus, Chamaecyparis, and other genera, family Cupressaceae: many species, including the columnar Italian cypress (Cupressus sempervirens ), common throughout southern Europe. See also Lawson cypress . ] • a tree of this type, or branches from it, as a symbol of mourning. • used in names of similar coniferous trees of other families, e.g., bald cypress. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French cipres, from late Latin cypressus, from Greek kuparissos.

 

cypress knees

cy press knees ▶plural noun the cone-shaped exposed growths on the buttress roots of a bald cypress.

 

Oxford Dictionary

cypress

cy |press |ˈsʌɪprəs | ▶noun (also cypress tree ) an evergreen coniferous tree with small rounded woody cones and flattened shoots bearing small scale-like leaves. ●Cupressus, Chamaecyparis, and other genera, family Cupressaceae: many species, including the columnar Italian cypress (Cupressus sempervirens ), common throughout southern Europe. . • a cypress tree, or branches from it, as a symbol of mourning. • used in names of coniferous trees of other families that resemble the cypress, e.g. swamp cypress. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French cipres, from late Latin cypressus, from Greek kuparissos.

 

Cypress

Cy press |ˈsīprəs ˈsaɪprəs | a city in south central California, southeast of Los Angeles; pop. 47,123 (est. 2008 ).

 

cypress knees

cy |press knees ▶plural noun the cone-shaped exposed growths on the buttress roots of a swamp cypress.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

cypress

cy press /sáɪprəs /名詞 C 〘植 〙イトスギ 〘ヒノキ科の常緑針葉樹 〙; U イトスギ材 ; C イトスギの枝 .