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cy⋅press
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[sahy-pruh
s] 
–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
bef. 1000; ME, OE cypresse < LL cypressus, appar. b. L cupressus and cyparissus < Gk kypárissos; r. ME cipres < AF, OF < LL, as above
Cy⋅press
[sahy-pruhs] –noun
| a city in SW California. 40,391. |
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cy·press (sī'prĭs)  (click for larger image in new window) n.
[Middle English cipres, from Old French, from Late Latin cypressus, probably blend of Latin cupressus and cyparissus (from Greek kuparissos).] |
| Cy·press (sī'prĭs) A city of southern California, a suburb of Long Beach. Population: 47,600. |
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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).
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : cypress
Spanish:
ciprés,
German:
die Zypresse,
Japanese:
いとすぎ
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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Cypress
(Heb. tirzah, "hardness"), mentioned only in Isa. 44:14 (R.V., "holm tree"). The oldest Latin version translates this word by ilex, i.e., the evergreen oak, which may possibly have been the tree intended; but there is great probability that our Authorized Version is correct in rendering it "cypress." This tree grows abundantly on the mountains of Hermon. Its wood is hard and fragrant, and very durable. Its foliage is dark and gloomy. It is an evergreen (Cupressus sempervirens). "Throughout the East it is used as a funereal tree; and its dark, tall, waving plumes render it peculiarly appropriate among the tombs."
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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