bald cypress
n 1: smaller than and often included in the closely related
Taxodium distichum [syn: {pond cypress}, {bald cypress},
{Taxodium ascendens}]
2: common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk
expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river
bottoms [syn: {bald cypress}, {swamp cypress}, {pond bald
cypress}, {southern cypress}, {Taxodium distichum}]