pond bald cypress

pond bald cypress
noun
common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms
Hypernyms: ↑cypress
Member Holonyms: ↑Taxodium, ↑genus Taxodium

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noun

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