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Definition of Bald cypress
1. Noun. Smaller than and often included in the closely related Taxodium distichum.
Exact synonyms: Pond Cypress, Taxodium Ascendens
Generic synonyms: Cypress
Group relationships: Genus Taxodium, Taxodium
Generic synonyms: Cypress
Group relationships: Genus Taxodium, Taxodium
2. Noun. Common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms.
Exact synonyms: Pond Bald Cypress, Southern Cypress, Swamp Cypress, Taxodium Distichum
Generic synonyms: Cypress
Group relationships: Genus Taxodium, Taxodium
Generic synonyms: Cypress
Group relationships: Genus Taxodium, Taxodium