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–noun

1.	any of several evergreen coniferous trees constituting the genus Cupressus, having dark-green, scalelike, overlapping leaves.

2.	any of various other coniferous trees of allied genera, as the bald cypress.

3.	any of various unrelated plants resembling the true cypress.

4.	the wood of these trees or plants.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME, OE cypresse < LL cypressus, appar. b. L cupressus and cyparissus < Gk kypárissos; r. ME cipres < AF, OF < LL, as above

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–noun Obsolete.

a fine, thin fabric resembling lawn or crepe, formerly used in black for mourning garments and trimmings.

Also, cyprus.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME cipre(s), cyprus, after Cyprus

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a city in SW California. 40,391.

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n.

1. Any of various evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Cupressus, native to Eurasia and North America and having opposite, scalelike leaves and globose woody cones.
2. Any of several similar or related coniferous trees, such as the bald cypress.
3. The wood of any of these trees.
Cypress branches used as a symbol of mourning.

[Middle English cipres, from Old French, from Late Latin cypressus, probably blend of Latin cupressus and cyparissus (from Greek kuparissos).]

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A city of southern California, a suburb of Long Beach. Population: 47,400.

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cypress

c.1175, from O.Fr. cipres, from L. cyparissus, from Gk. kyparissos, from an unknown pre-Greek Mediterranean language. Perhaps related to Heb. gopher, name of the tree whose wood was used to make the ark (Gen. vi.14).

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cypress
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1.	wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus
2.	any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones

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cypress [ˈsaipris] noun

a type of evergreen tree

Arabic:	شَجرة السَّرو
Chinese (Simplified):	柏树
Chinese (Traditional):	柏樹
Czech:	cypřiš
Danish:	cypres
Dutch:	cipres
Estonian:	küpress
Finnish:	sypressi
French:	cyprès
German:	die Zypresse
Greek:	κυπαρίσσι
Hungarian:	ciprus(fa)
Icelandic:	kÿprusviður
Indonesian:	sipres
Italian:	cipresso

Japanese:	いとすぎ
Korean:	삼나무
Latvian:	ciprese
Lithuanian:	kiparisas
Norwegian:	sypress
Polish:	cyprys
Portuguese (Brazil):	cipreste
Portuguese (Portugal):	cipreste
Romanian:	chiparos
Russian:	кипарис
Slovak:	cyprus
Slovenian:	cipresa
Spanish:	ciprés
Swedish:	cypress
Turkish:	servi ağacı

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Cypress Gardens, FL (CDP, FIPS 16050) Location: 28.00116 N, 81.68704 W
Population (1990): 9188 (4268 housing units)
Area: 13.2 sq km (land), 1.9 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 33884

Cypress Inn, TN Zip code(s): 38452

Cypress Mill, TX Zip code(s): 78654

Cypress Quarters, FL (CDP, FIPS 16100) Location: 27.24797 N, 80.81303 W
Population (1990): 1343 (550 housing units)
Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Cypress Lakes, FL (CDP, FIPS 16079) Location: 26.72755 N, 80.12297 W
Population (1990): 1260 (896 housing units)
Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

Cypress Lake, FL (CDP, FIPS 16062) Location: 26.53770 N, 81.89957 W
Population (1990): 10491 (6526 housing units)
Area: 10.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Cypress, TX Zip code(s): 77429, 77433

Cypress, AL Zip code(s): 35474

Cypress, CA (city, FIPS 17750) Location: 33.81635 N, 118.03791 W
Population (1990): 42655 (14715 housing units)
Area: 17.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 90630

Cypress, IL (village, FIPS 18251) Location: 37.36550 N, 89.01904 W
Population (1990): 275 (128 housing units)
Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 62923

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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 tree of the genus Cupressus. The species are mostly evergreen, and have wood remarkable for its durability.

Note: Among the trees called cypress are the common Oriental cypress, Cupressus sempervirens, the evergreen American cypress, C. thyoides (now called Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea), and the deciduous American cypress, Taxodium distichum. As having anciently been used at funerals, and to adorn tombs, the Oriental species is an emblem of mourning and sadness.

Cypress vine (Bot.), a climbing plant with red or white flowers (Ipot[oe]a Quamoclit, formerly Quamoclit vulgaris).

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