swamp 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, swamper, swamp fever, swampfish, swamphen, swampland
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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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