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单词 cypresses
释义

cypress1 /sīˈprəs or -pris/

noun
  1. A coniferous tree (genus Cupressus), whose branches used to be carried at funerals
  2. Hence, a symbol of death
  3. Extended to various other trees, esp in America to the swamp-growing deciduous conifer Taxodium distichum
ORIGIN: OFr ciprès (Fr cyprès), from L cupressus from Gr kyparissos

cypress knee noun

A hollow upgrowth from the root of the swamp-cypress, an organ of respiration

cypress swamp noun

cypress vine noun

A tropical American climbing plant (Quamoclit pennata), frequently cultivated for its scarlet or orange tubular flowers

cypress2, also cyprus /sīˈprəs or -pris/ (obsolete)

noun

A thin transparent black fabric like crape

adjective

Made of cypress

ORIGIN: Prob from the island of Cyprus
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