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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}). From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cypress n 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 [syn: {cypress tree}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: 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 Cypress, TX Zip code(s): 77429, 77433 From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: 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."
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