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Nearby words
swamp azalea, swamp boat, swamp buggy, swamp buttonwood, swamp cabbage, swamp cypress, swamp fever, swamp locust, swamp mallow, swamp maple, swamp milkweed
Origin of swamp cypress
First recorded in 1875–80
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British Dictionary definitions for swamp cypress
swamp cypress
noun
a North American deciduous coniferous tree, Taxodium distichum, that grows in swamps and sends up aerial roots from its baseAlso called: bald cypress
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