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

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

From Science Magazine • Dec. 17, 2021

For fireflies, bald cypress, magnolia green jumper spiders.

From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2020

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

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

From Studies of Trees by Levison, Jacob Joshua