'Cypress' definitions:

Definition of 'cypress'

(from WordNet)
noun
Wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus
noun
Any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones [syn: cypress, cypress tree]

Definition of 'Cypress'

From: GCIDE
  • Cypress \Cy"press\ (s?"pr?s), n.; pl. Cypresses (-?z). [OE. cipres, cipresse, OF. cipres, F. cypr?s, L. cupressus, cyparissus (cf. the usual Lat. form cupressus), fr. Gr. ????, perh. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. g?pher, Gen. vi. 14.] (Bot) A coniferous tree of the genus Cupressus. The species are mostly evergreen, and have wood remarkable for its durability. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Cypress vine (Bot.), a climbing plant with red or white flowers (Ipot[oe]a Quamoclit, formerly {Quamoclit vulgaris}). [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'cypress'

From: Easton
  • Cypress (Heb. tirzah, "hardness"), mentioned only in Isa. 44:14 (R.V., "holm tree"). The oldest Latin version translates this word by ilex, i.e., the evergreen oak, which may possibly have been the tree intended; but there is great probability that our Authorized Version is correct in rendering it "cypress." This tree grows abundantly on the mountains of Hermon. Its wood is hard and fragrant, and very durable. Its foliage is dark and gloomy. It is an evergreen (Cupressus sempervirens). "Throughout the East it is used as a funereal tree; and its dark, tall, waving plumes render it peculiarly appropriate among the tombs."

Cypress, CA -- U.S. city in California

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Cypress, CA -- U.S. city in California
Population (2000) :
46229
Housing Units (2000) :
16028
Land area (2000) :
6.612538 sq. miles (17.126395 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.012266 sq. miles (0.031768 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
6.624804 sq. miles (17.158163 sq. km)
FIPS code :
17750
Located within :
California (CA), FIPS 06
Location :
33.818315 N, 118.039045 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
90630
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Cypress, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Cypress, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000) :
271
Housing Units (2000) :
128
Land area (2000) :
0.747246 sq. miles (1.935358 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.747246 sq. miles (1.935358 sq. km)
FIPS code :
18251
Located within :
Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location :
37.365543 N, 89.017473 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
62923
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

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