Big Cypress Tree State Park — is a state park in Weakley County, Tennessee, located in the Southeastern United States. The park is named after a large bald cypress tree that once stood on the park s grounds. The tree was approximately 1,350 years old when it was killed by… … Wikipedia
Cypress knee — Taxodium knees In the biology of trees, a cypress knee is a distinctive structure in a root of a cypress tree of any of various species of the subfamily Taxodioideae. Their function is unknown, but they are generally seen in swamps. Some… … Wikipedia
Cypress of Kashmar — The Cypress of Kashmar is a mythical cypress tree of legendary beauty and gargantuan dimensions, celebrated in the Iranian epic Shahnameh and other sources. Although the story of its genesis seems of pure mythical origin, the fact of its… … Wikipedia
cypress — I. noun Etymology: Middle English cipres, from Anglo French ciprès, from Latin cyparissus, from Greek kyparissos Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) any of a genus (Cupressus of the family Cupressaceae, the cypress family) of evergreen trees and shrubs… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Tree — /tree/, n. Sir Herbert Beerbohm /bear bohm/, (Herbert Beerbohm), 1853 1917, English actor and theater manager; brother of Max Beerbohm. * * * I Woody perennial plant. Most trees have a single self supporting trunk containing woody tissues, and in … Universalium
CYPRESS — CYPRESS, the tree Cupressus sempervirens of which two varieties are known, the horizontal Cupressus sempervirens horizontalis and the vertical Cupressus sempervirens pyramidalis. The former grows wild in the high mountains of Gilead and the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Cypress Hills National Cemetery — United States National Cemetery The Union Plot of Cypress Hills National Cemetery … Wikipedia
Cypress Lake (Lafayette, Louisiana) — Cypress Lake Location Lafayette, Louisiana Coordinates … Wikipedia
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cypress vine — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
