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Definition of Cypress tree
1. Noun. Any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones.
Group relationships: Cupressus, Genus Cupressus
Terms within: Cypress
Specialized synonyms: Cupressus Goveniana, Gowen Cypress, Cupressus Goveniana Pigmaea, Cupressus Pigmaea, Pygmy Cypress, Cupressus Abramsiana, Cupressus Goveniana Abramsiana, Santa Cruz Cypress, Arizona Cypress, Cupressus Arizonica, Cupressus Guadalupensis, Guadalupe Cypress, Cupressus Macrocarpa, Monterey Cypress, Cedar Of Goa, Cupressus Lusitanica, Mexican Cypress, Portuguese Cypress, Cupressus Sempervirens, Italian Cypress, Mediterranean Cypress
Terms within: Galbulus
Generic synonyms: Conifer, Coniferous Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cypress Tree
Literary usage of Cypress tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1820)
"V. THE cypress tree. A slender tree upon a bank The essence of the thunder
showers ; When birds were at their evening song, In lonely beauty towers, ..."
2. Poems by Bernard Barton (1825)
"THE cypress tree. OAKS have leaves of glossy green, Bright the holly's fadeless
sheen, Graceful in its slenderness Is the birch's airy tress, Sweetly in the ..."
3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1841)
"... watchfulness The sacred cypress tree about, And from the wrinkled brows of
Age, Their failing eyes looked out. Grim as the idols at their side, ..."
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