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cypress^¹

/ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/ UK, US

Sounds like Cyprus

Where it comes from

From Middle English cipres, from Old French cipres (French cyprès), from Late Latin cypressus; compare Hebrew גֹּפֶר (gōp̄er), the name of the tree whose wood was used to make the ark (Genesis. vi:14), also κύπρος (relating to aromatic pitch).

noun cypresses · cypres

An evergreen coniferous tree with flattened shoots bearing small scale-like leaves, whose dark foliage is sometimes associated with mourning, in family Cupressaceae, especially the genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis. The plain appears like paradiſe reſtored, where the proud cypreſs and tall arreca ſeem walking by the margin of the paſſing ſtream..

cypress^²

/ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/ UK, US

Sounds like Cyprus

noun cypres

alternative Alternative form of Cyprus (“type of fabric”).

Cypress^³

proper noun

A city in Orange County, California, United States.
abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of Cypress County

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: cypress tree, cedar, pecky, cyprus, golden cypress, cypress pine, mediterranean cypress, hinoki cypress, white cedar, cupressacean, cyprus cedar, japanese cypress, leyland cypress, pencil pine, chinese cypress, hinoki

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noun an evergreen coniferous tree

Español	ciprés
日本語	サイプレス saipuresu, 糸杉 itosugi
中文	柏樹 /柏树 bǎishù, bóshù
Kiswahili	mvinje
Português	cipreste
Français	cyprès
Deutsch	Zypresse
Italiano	cipresso
Ελληνικά	κυπαρίσσι kyparíssi
Română	chiparos
Русский	кипари́с kiparís
العربية	سَرْوَة sarwa, سَرْو sarw
עברית	בְּרוֹשׁ bərṓš, תְּאַשּׁוּר təʾaššū́r

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@misc{cypress_2026,
  title = {cypress},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cypress},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}