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 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

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

Spanish moss drapes lazily off the twisted branches of the bald cypress trees.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold