noun
cypress
SEYE-pruhs
noun
1
An evergreen conifer with dense, dark, scale-like foliage, often planted in rows or seen in cemeteries.
"A line of tall cypress trees shaded the gravel driveway."
"Italian cypresses give the Tuscan hillsides their distinctive silhouette."
How to Use Cypress
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA tall, narrow evergreen tree with dark, feathery-looking foliage, traditionally linked with mourning and graveyards.
Common pairings
cypress tree
cypress grove
weeping cypress
Word Forms
cypresses plural
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Etymology
From Old French cipres, from Late Latin cypressus, ultimately from Greek kyparissos.