| cypress | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. cypress | wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus. |
| ~ cypress tree, cypress | any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones. |
| ~ cypress pine | any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of Australia and northern New Caledonia. |
| ~ juniper | coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones. |
| ~ sequoia, redwood | either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae. |
| ~ pond bald cypress, southern cypress, swamp cypress, taxodium distichum, bald cypress | common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms. |
| ~ bald cypress, pond cypress, taxodium ascendens | smaller than and often included in the closely related Taxodium distichum. |
| ~ mexican swamp cypress, montezuma cypress, taxodium mucronatum | cypress of river valleys of Mexican highlands. |
| ~ callitris quadrivalvis, sandarac tree, tetraclinis articulata, sandarac | large coniferous evergreen tree of North Africa and Spain having flattened branches and scalelike leaves yielding a hard fragrant wood; bark yields a resin used in varnishes. |
| ~ wood | the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees. |
| n. (plant) | 2. cypress, cypress tree | any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones. |
| ~ cupressus, genus cupressus | type genus of Cupressaceae. |
| ~ cypress | wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus. |
| ~ cupressus goveniana, gowen cypress | small sometimes shrubby tree native to California; often used as an ornamental; in some classification systems includes the pygmy cypress and the Santa Cruz cypress. |
| ~ cupressus goveniana pigmaea, cupressus pigmaea, pygmy cypress | rare small cypress native to northern California; sometimes considered the same species as gowen cypress. |
| ~ cupressus abramsiana, cupressus goveniana abramsiana, santa cruz cypress | rare California cypress taller than but closely related to gowen cypress and sometimes considered the same species. |
| ~ arizona cypress, cupressus arizonica | Arizona timber tree with bluish silvery foliage. |
| ~ cupressus guadalupensis, guadalupe cypress | relatively low wide-spreading endemic on Guadalupe Island; cultivated for its bluish foliage. |
| ~ cupressus macrocarpa, monterey cypress | tall California cypress endemic on Monterey Bay; widely used for ornament as well as reforestation and shelterbelt planting. |
| ~ cedar of goa, cupressus lusitanica, mexican cypress, portuguese cypress | tall spreading evergreen found in Mexico having drooping branches; believed to have been introduced into Portugal from Goa. |
| ~ cupressus sempervirens, italian cypress, mediterranean cypress | tall Eurasian cypress with thin grey bark and ascending branches. |
| ~ galbulus | the seed-producing cone of a cypress tree. |
| ~ conifer, coniferous tree | any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones. |
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