cypress

UK/ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/

cypress noun: 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. Also the alternative form of Cyprus.

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Noun

cypress (plural cypresses)

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.
- The plain appears like paradiſe reſtored, where the proud cypreſs and tall arreca ſeem walking by the margin of the paſſing ſtream..1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page iv
- Have a tree or two the witches particularly like, such as the alder, larch, cypress and hemlock; then, to counteract any possible evil effects, there must be a holly, yew, hazel, elder, mountain ash or juniper.1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 273

Proper noun capitalized: Cypress

Cypress

A city in Orange County, California, United States.
(abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Cypress County.

Also used as

cypress is also the alternative form of Cyprus.

cypress meaning in Marathi, Bengali, Malayalam and Nepali

cypress in Marathi

सायप्रेस

cypress in Bengali

সাইপ্রেস

cypress in Malayalam

സിപ്രസ്

cypress in Nepali

साइप्रेस

More languagesFewer languages

cypress in Tagalog: sipres
cypress in Arabic: سَرْوَة sarwa, سَرْو sarw
cypress in Persian: سرو sarv

Examples of cypress in a sentence

The bald cypress is a tree that loses its leaves in winter.
The Chinese swamp cypress is deciduous, and it occurs naturally only on riverbanks and in swamps.
In areas of peat soils, bald cypress dominates, and in marl soils, pond cypress dominates.

All 13 example sentences with cypress

Forms of cypress

plural	cypresses
alternative form (obsolete)	cypres

Plural of cypress: cypresses

Origin of cypress

From Middle English cipres, from Old French cipres (French cyprès), from Late Latin cypressus; compare Hebrew גֹּפֶר (gōp̄er), the name of the tree whose wood was used to make the ark (Genesis. vi:14), also κύπρος (relating to aromatic pitch).

Words formed from cypress

Phrases with cypress

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Questions about cypress

What does cypress mean?: Cypress means 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.
What is cypress in Marathi?: Cypress in Marathi is सायप्रेस. See Cypress meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is cypress?: Cypress can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce cypress?: Cypress is pronounced /ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/ (UK).
What is the plural of cypress?: The plural of cypress is cypresses.

Words near cypress in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: cypress (page history and authors); Cypress (page history and authors); cypress (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cypress (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cypress (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cypress (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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