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Definition of: cypress
(sī′prəs) noun
1. An evergreen tree (family Cupressaceae) of southern Europe and western Asia, having durable timber; especially, C. funebris, having pendulous branches like a weeping willow.
2. Any of various other trees of kindred genera, as the evergreen American cypress or white cedar (genus Chamaecyparis), and the bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) of the southern United States.
3. The wood of these trees. [<OF cypres <LL cypressus <Gk. kyparissos cypress]
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