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

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bald cypress

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

From Science Daily ● Dec. 1, 2023

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

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 17, 2021

Fair Bluff is small-town idyllic, nestled among fields of corn and tobacco near the South Carolina border, shielded from the Lumber River by a narrow bank of tupelo gum, river birch and bald cypress trees.

From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2021

Wilson indicated wispy bald cypress trees, the drooping white blossoms of itea plants and a giant swath of ornamental grasses, which will turn red in the fall.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 2, 2018

She pulls off the main road and turns onto a long, winding path with giant bald cypress trees on either side.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold