swamp cypress

American  

noun

1. bald cypress.

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swamp cypress British  

noun

1. Also called: bald cypress.  a North American deciduous coniferous tree, Taxodium distichum, that grows in swamps and sends up aerial roots from its base

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Etymology

Origin of swamp cypress

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

Other conifers in the fossil flora are the dawn redwood, Metasequoia, and swamp cypress Glyptostrobus.

From Seattle Times

The tables of ahuahuete, or swamp cypress, are installed short end flush to the wall in a manner typical of rural ranches.

From New York Times

The structural frame of the conservatory was made of steel," Cunningham writes, "although the graceful roof arches originally were built with Southern swamp cypress.

From Seattle Times

It was a swamp cypress, of some thirty feet in girth, by at least a hundred and fifty in height.

From Project Gutenberg

There's a damp chill in the Louisiana bayou as dawn casts a pink light on the swamp cypresses festooned in moss.

From BBC