Mexican swamp cypress

/ˌmɛksəkən swɑmp ˌsaɪprəs/

Definitions of Mexican swamp cypress

1. noun

   cypress of river valleys of Mexican highlands
   synonyms: Montezuma cypress, Taxodium mucronatum

   types:

   Ahuehuete, Tule tree

   Mexico's most famous tree; a giant specimen of Montezuma cypress more than 2,000 years old with a girth of 165 feet at Santa Maria del Tule

   type of:

   cypress

   wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus