Cypress
Cypress is a common name for various coniferous trees or shrubs of northern temperate regions that belong to the family Cupressaceae. The word cypress is derived from Old French cipres, which was imported from Latin cypressus, the latinisation of the Greek κυπάρισσος (kyparissos).Species that are commonly known as cypresses include:
The Cupressaceae family also contains 13–16 other genera (not listed above) that do not bear cypress in their common names.
Plants named cypress
Cypress (noun)
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.
Cedar (noun)
A coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae.
Cedar (noun)
A coniferous tree of the family Cupressaceae, especially of the genera Juniperus, Cupressus, Calocedrus, or Thuja.
Cedar (noun)
A flowering tree of the family Meliaceae, especially of the genera Cedrela or ver=161015.
Cedar (noun)
The aromatic wood from a Cedrus tree, or from any of several unrelated trees.
Cypress (noun)
an evergreen coniferous tree with small rounded woody cones and flattened shoots bearing small scale-like leaves.
Cypress (noun)
a cypress tree, or branches from it, as a symbol of mourning.
Cypress (noun)
used in names of coniferous trees of other families that resemble the cypress, e.g. swamp cypress.
Cedar (noun)
any of a number of conifers which typically yield fragrant, durable timber.