cypress

Speech parts

1. cypress - Noun

2. Cypress - Proper noun

Meaning

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cypress tree cedar redwood aspen banyan dogwood cottonwood ash OAK pine birch beech willow ebony alder

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Hypernyms

plant conifer wood coniferous tree

Hyponyms

redwood juniper sequoia sandarac Monterey cypress bald cypress

Phrases with the word

bayou cypress cypress wood North Cypress summer cypress florida cypress white cypress

Derivatives

Cypresses

Examples

Remember that the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability. Ho Chí Minh

The oak... has not the efficacy of the fir, nor the cypress that of the elm. Vitruvius

Only after Winter comes do we know that the pine and the cypress are the last to fade. Confucius

Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime! Lord Byron

Bid me despair, and I'll despair, Under that cypress tree; Or bid me die, and I will dare E'en Death, to die for thee. Robert Herrick (poet)

I waited for you on the running boards, near the cypress trees, while the springtime turned slowly into autumn. Bob Dylan

Close letter words and terms

cypre cyprenorphine cypres Cypress County cypress darter cypress family