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bald cypress
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noun
a tree, Taxodium distichum, of swampy areas of the southern U.S., having featherlike needles and cone-shaped projections growing up from the roots, yielding a hardwood used in construction, shipbuilding, etc.
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Also called southern cypress.
Origin of bald cypress
An Americanism dating back to 1700–10
Words nearby bald cypress
balcony, balcony person, bald, baldachin, Baldad, bald cypress, bald eagle, Balder, balderdash, bald-faced, bald-faced hornet
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