cypress : Idioms & Phrases

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arizona cypress

  • noun Arizona timber tree with bluish silvery foliage
    Cupressus arizonica.
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bald cypress

  • noun smaller than and often included in the closely related Taxodium distichum
    Taxodium ascendens; bald cypress.
  • noun common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms
    Taxodium distichum; pond bald cypress; southern cypress; bald cypress.
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black cypress pine

  • noun Australian tree with small flattened scales as leaves and numerous dark brown seed; valued for its timber and resin
    Callitris endlicheri; Callitris calcarata; black cypress pine.
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cypress family

  • noun cypresses and junipers and many cedars
    family Cupressaceae; Cupressaceae.
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cypress pine

  • noun any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of Australia and northern New Caledonia
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cypress sedge

  • noun tufted sedge of temperate regions; nearly cosmopolitan
    Carex pseudocyperus.
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cypress spurge

  • noun Old World perennial having foliage resembling cypress; naturalized as a weed in the United States
    Euphorbia cyparissias.
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cypress tree

  • noun any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones
    cypress.
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Cypress vine

  • noun tropical American annual climber having red (sometimes white) flowers and finely dissected leaves; naturalized in United States and elsewhere
    Ipomoea quamoclit; star-glory; Quamoclit pennata; Indian pink.
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  • (Bot.), a climbing plant with red or white flowers (Ipotoea Quamoclit, formerly Quamoclit vulgaris).
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gowen cypress

  • noun small sometimes shrubby tree native to California; often used as an ornamental; in some classification systems includes the pygmy cypress and the Santa Cruz cypress
    Cupressus goveniana.
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Ground cypress

  • . (Bot.) See Lavender cotton.
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guadalupe cypress

  • noun relatively low wide-spreading endemic on Guadalupe Island; cultivated for its bluish foliage
    Cupressus guadalupensis.
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italian cypress

  • noun tall Eurasian cypress with thin grey bark and ascending branches
    Cupressus sempervirens; Italian cypress.
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lawson's cypress

  • noun large timber tree of western North America with trunk diameter to 12 feet and height to 200 feet
    Oregon cedar; Chamaecyparis lawsoniana; Lawson's cedar; Port Orford cedar.
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mediterranean cypress

  • noun tall Eurasian cypress with thin grey bark and ascending branches
    Cupressus sempervirens; Italian cypress.
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mexican cypress

  • noun tall spreading evergreen found in Mexico having drooping branches; believed to have been introduced into Portugal from Goa
    Mexican cypress; cedar of Goa; Cupressus lusitanica.
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mexican swamp cypress

  • noun cypress of river valleys of Mexican highlands
    Taxodium mucronatum; Mexican swamp cypress.
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monterey cypress

  • noun tall California cypress endemic on Monterey Bay; widely used for ornament as well as reforestation and shelterbelt planting
    Cupressus macrocarpa.
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montezuma cypress

  • noun cypress of river valleys of Mexican highlands
    Taxodium mucronatum; Mexican swamp cypress.
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nootka cypress

  • noun tall evergreen of the Pacific coast of North America often cultivated for ornament
    yellow cedar; Nootka cypress; Chamaecyparis nootkatensis; Alaska cedar.
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pond bald cypress

  • noun common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms
    Taxodium distichum; pond bald cypress; southern cypress; bald cypress.
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pond cypress

  • noun smaller than and often included in the closely related Taxodium distichum
    Taxodium ascendens; bald cypress.
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portuguese cypress

  • noun tall spreading evergreen found in Mexico having drooping branches; believed to have been introduced into Portugal from Goa
    Mexican cypress; cedar of Goa; Cupressus lusitanica.
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pygmy cypress

  • noun rare small cypress native to northern California; sometimes considered the same species as gowen cypress
    Cupressus pigmaea; Cupressus goveniana pigmaea.
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red cypress pine

  • noun Australian tree with small flattened scales as leaves and numerous dark brown seed; valued for its timber and resin
    Callitris endlicheri; Callitris calcarata; black cypress pine.
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santa cruz cypress

  • noun rare California cypress taller than but closely related to gowen cypress and sometimes considered the same species
    Cupressus goveniana abramsiana; Cupressus abramsiana.
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southern cypress

  • noun common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms
    Taxodium distichum; pond bald cypress; southern cypress; bald cypress.
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Summer cypress

  • noun densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn
    fire bush; burning bush; Bassia scoparia; Kochia scoparia; belvedere; fire-bush.
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  • (Bot.), an annual plant (Kochia Scoparia) of the Goosefoot family. It has narrow, ciliate, crowded leaves, and is sometimes seen in gardens.
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swamp cypress

  • noun common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms
    Taxodium distichum; pond bald cypress; southern cypress; bald cypress.
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white cypress

  • noun slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States; resembles American arborvitae
    Atlantic white cedar; coast white cedar; southern white cedar; Chamaecyparis thyoides; white cedar.
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white cypress pine

  • noun small tree or shrub of southern Australia
    Callitris glauca; Callitris glaucophylla.
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yellow cypress

  • noun tall evergreen of the Pacific coast of North America often cultivated for ornament
    yellow cedar; Nootka cypress; Chamaecyparis nootkatensis; Alaska cedar.
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