cypress
pronunciation
How to pronounce cypress in British English:
UK [ˈsaɪprəs]
How to pronounce cypress in American English:
US [ˈsaɪprɪs]
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- Noun:
- wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus
- any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones
Word Origin
- cypress (n.)
- type of evergreen tree (sacred to Pluto), late 12c., from Old French cipres (12c., Modern French cyprès), from Late Latin cypressus, from Latin cupressus, from Greek kyparissos, probably from an unknown pre-Greek Mediterranean language. Perhaps related to Hebrew gopher, name of the tree whose wood was used to make the ark (Gen. vi:14).
Example
- 1. And the hill with its cypress trees and houses vanished once more .
- 2. Louisiana , usa : a ribbon snake is seen on salvinia in a cypress swamp in the barataria preserve photograph : gerald herbert / ap
- 3. The cypress trunks themselves brought to mind the sturdy legs of large dinosaurs .
- 4. But drought remains evident : the river is muddy and nearly stagnant . The cypress roots along its banks are gnarled and exposed , gripping the sand like skeleton hands .
- 5. I had turned back toward florence , down the hill that led toward the town lying open with all its cypress trees .