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cypress knees

cypress knees is the plural of cypress knee.

Meaning of cypress knee

Noun

cypress knee (plural cypress knees)

  1. A woody projection forming above the roots of certain cypress species, perhaps to aid in oxygenation to the roots or to anchor the tree in soft, muddy soil.

Questions about cypress knees

What is cypress knees the plural of?
Cypress knees is the plural of cypress knee.

Words near cypress knees in the dictionary

  1. cypres
  2. cypreses
  3. cypress
  4. Cypress County
  5. cypress knee
  6. cypress knees
  7. cypress pine
  8. cypress pines
  9. cypress spurge
  10. cypress trout
  11. cypress vine

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