bald cypress

American  

noun

1. 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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bald cypress British  

noun

1. another name for swamp cypress

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Etymology

Origin of bald cypress

An Americanism dating back to 1700–10

Example Sentences

They were able to remove English ivy that covered most of a champion bald cypress tree.

From Science Daily • Dec. 1, 2023

They’re also being planted alongside native trees like sweet gum, tulip trees and bald cypress, to avoid genetically identical stands of trees known as monocultures; non-engineered poplars are being planted as experimental controls.

From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2023

The living trees are also impressively enduring: In 2019, a North Carolina bald cypress was determined to be more than 2,600 years old.

From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2022

The new bald cypress record should offer exactly that, Tucker says.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 17, 2021

The bald cypress grows in a similar way in groups in the southern swamps.

From Studies of Trees by Levison, Jacob Joshua