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Definition of Taxodium distichum
1. Noun. Common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms.
Generic synonyms: Cypress
Group relationships: Genus Taxodium, Taxodium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Taxodium Distichum
Literary usage of Taxodium distichum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"... of Africa the very great age of 5000 years ; and De Candolle has computed the
age of a specimen of Taxodium distichum as even much greater than this. ..."
2. Identification of the Economic Woods of the United States: Including a by Samuel James Record (1912)
"In Taxodium distichum they are characteristically crowded, flattened, and often
irregularly arranged. In dicotyledonous woods as a whole, pits are much ..."
3. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1900)
"Taxodium distichum sinense pendulum Loudon, Arboretum, iv. ... It may be added
that Taxodium distichum was first described by Parkinson in 1640 from a plant ..."
4. Studies from the Biological Laboratory by Johns Hopkins university (1893)
"THE FORM ATION OF THE SO-CALLED CYPRESS- KNEES ON THE ROOTS OF THE TAXODIUM
DISTICHUM, RICHARD. By JOHN P. LOTSY, PH. D. With Plates XVII and XVIII. ..."
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