Dictionary.com Thesaurus.com

standing cypress

American

noun

a plant, Ipomopsis rubra, of the southern U.S., having feathery leaves and clusters of red and yellow flowers.

Etymology

Origin of standing cypress

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.