cypress

/ˈsaɪprəs/

/ˈsaɪprɪs/

Other forms: cypresses

Definitions of cypress

1. noun

   any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones
   synonyms: cypress tree

   types:

   Cupressus goveniana, gowen cypress

   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 pigmaea, Cupressus pigmaea, pygmy cypress

   rare small cypress native to northern California; sometimes considered the same species as gowen cypress

   Cupressus abramsiana, Cupressus goveniana abramsiana, Santa Cruz cypress

   rare California cypress taller than but closely related to gowen cypress and sometimes considered the same species

   Arizona cypress, Cupressus arizonica

   Arizona timber tree with bluish silvery foliage

   Cupressus guadalupensis, Guadalupe cypress

   relatively low wide-spreading endemic on Guadalupe Island; cultivated for its bluish foliage

   Cupressus macrocarpa, Monterey cypress

   tall California cypress endemic on Monterey Bay; widely used for ornament as well as reforestation and shelterbelt planting

   Cupressus lusitanica, Mexican cypress, Portuguese cypress, cedar of Goa

   tall spreading evergreen found in Mexico having drooping branches; believed to have been introduced into Portugal from Goa

   Cupressus sempervirens, Italian cypress, Mediterranean cypress

   tall Eurasian cypress with thin grey bark and ascending branches

   type of:

   conifer, coniferous tree

   any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones
2. noun

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

   cypress pine

   any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of Australia and northern New Caledonia

   juniper

   coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones

   redwood, sequoia

   either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae

   Taxodium distichum, bald cypress, pond bald cypress, southern cypress, swamp cypress

   common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms

   Taxodium ascendens, bald cypress, pond cypress

   smaller than and often included in the closely related Taxodium distichum

   Mexican swamp cypress, Montezuma cypress, Taxodium mucronatum

   cypress of river valleys of Mexican highlands

   Callitris quadrivalvis, Tetraclinis articulata, sandarac, sandarac tree

   large coniferous evergreen tree of North Africa and Spain having flattened branches and scalelike leaves yielding a hard fragrant wood; bark yields a resin used in varnishes

   Callitris cupressiformis, Port Jackson pine

   Australian cypress pine having globular cones

   Callitris calcarata, Callitris endlicheri, black cypress pine, red cypress pine

   Australian tree with small flattened scales as leaves and numerous dark brown seed; valued for its timber and resin

   Callitris glauca, Callitris glaucophylla, white cypress pine

   small tree or shrub of southern Australia

   Callitris parlatorei, stringybark pine

   Australian cypress pine with fibrous inner bark

   pencil cedar, pencil cedar tree

   any of several junipers with wood suitable for making pencils

   Juniperus silicicola, southern red cedar

   juniper of swampy coastal regions of southeastern United States; similar to eastern red cedar

   Juniperus sabina, dwarf juniper, savin

   procumbent or spreading juniper

   Juniperus communis, common juniper

   densely branching shrub or small tree having pungent blue berries used to flavor gin; widespread in northern hemisphere; only conifer on coasts of Iceland and Greenland

   Juniperus communis depressa, dwarf juniper, ground cedar

   a procumbent variety of the common juniper

   Juniperus horizontalis, creeping juniper

   low to prostrate shrub of Canada and northern United States; bronzed purple in winter

   Juniperus flaccida, Mexican juniper, drooping juniper

   small tree of western Texas and mountains of Mexico having spreading branches with drooping branchlets

   California redwood, Sequoia sempervirens, coast redwood

   lofty evergreen of United States coastal foothills from Oregon to Big Sur; it flourishes in wet, rainy, foggy habitats

   Sequoia Wellingtonia, Sequoia gigantea, Sequoiadendron giganteum, Sierra redwood, big tree, giant sequoia

   extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in California; largest living organism

   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:

   wood

   the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees