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Webster 1913 Edition

Cypress

Cy′press

(s?′pr?s)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Cypresses
(-[GREEK]z).
[OE.
cipres
,
cipresse
, OF.
cipres
, F.
cypr[GREEK]s
, L.
cupressus
,
cyparissus
(cf. the usual Lat. form
cupressus
), fr. Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK], perh. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb.
g[GREEK]pher
, Gen. vi. 14.]
(Bot)
A coniferous tree of the genus
Cupressus
. The species are mostly evergreen, and have wood remarkable for its durability.
☞ Among the trees called
cypress
are the common Oriental cypress,
Cupressus sempervirens
, the evergreen American cypress,
Cupressus thyoides
(now called
Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea
), and the deciduous American cypress,
Taxodium distichum
. As having anciently been used at funerals, and to adorn tombs, the Oriental species is an emblem of mourning and sadness.
Cypress vine
(Bot.)
,
a climbing plant with red or white flowers (
Ipotœa Quamoclit
, formerly
Quamoclit vulgaris
).

Webster 1828 Edition

Cypress

CYPRESS

,
Noun.
[L., Gr.]
1.
A genus of plants or trees. The most remarkable are the sempervirens or common cypress, the evergreen American cypress or white cedar, and the disticha or deciduous American cypress. The wood of these trees is remarkable for its durability. The coffins in which the Athenian heroes and the mummies of Egypt were deposited, are said to have been made of the first species.
2 The emblem of mourning for the dead, cypress branches having been anciently used at funerals.
Had success attended the Americans, the death of Warren would have been sufficient to damp the joys of victory, and the cypress would have been united with the laurel.

Definition 2024

cypress

cypress

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English

Cypress

Noun

cypress ‎(plural cypresses)

  1. An evergreen coniferous tree with flattened shoots bearing small scale-like leaves, whose dark foliage is sometimes associated with mourning, in family Cupressaceae, especially the genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis
  2. silk or cotton gauze fabric, usually black

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Swedish

Noun

cypress c

  1. cypress

Declension

Inflection of cypress 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative cypress cypressen cypresser cypresserna
Genitive cypress cypressens cypressers cypressernas

Etymology

From Old French cipres (French cyprès), from Ancient Greek κυπάρισσος ‎(kupárissos), probably from an unknown Mediterranean Pre-Greek language; see Hebrew גפר ‎(gopher), the name of the tree whose wood was used to make the ark (Genesis. vi:14).

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