swamp cypress

noun

bald cypress.

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Origin of swamp cypress

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby swamp cypress

swamp azalea, swamp boat, swamp buggy, swamp buttonwood, swamp cabbage, swamp cypress, swamp fever, swamp locust, swamp mallow, swamp maple, swamp milkweed
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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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