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cypress

cyp·ress

US/ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/ uncommon

noun

1.

wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus

2.

any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones

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From Middle English cipres, from Old French cipres (French cyprès), from Late Latin cypressus; compare Hebrew גֹּפֶר (gōp̄er), the name of the tree whose wood was used to make the ark (Genesis. vi:14), also κύπρος (relating to aromatic pitch).

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