cypress

cypress
    n 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 [syn: {cypress}, {cypress tree}]
    

Cypress \Cy"press\ (s?"pr?s), n.; pl. {Cypresses} (-?z). [OE.
   cipres, cipresse, OF. cipres, F. cypr?s, L. cupressus,
   cyparissus (cf. the usual Lat. form cupressus), fr. Gr. ????,
   perh. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. g?pher, Gen. vi. 14.] (Bot)
   A coniferous tree of the genus {Cupressus}. The species are
   mostly evergreen, and have wood remarkable for its
   durability.
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   Note: Among the trees called cypress are the common Oriental
         cypress, {Cupressus sempervirens}, the evergreen
         American cypress, {Cupressus thyoides} (now called
         {Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea}), and the deciduous
         American cypress, {Taxodium distichum}. As having
         anciently been used at funerals, and to adorn tombs,
         the Oriental species is an emblem of mourning and
         sadness.
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   {Cypress vine} (Bot.), a climbing plant with red or white
      flowers ({Ipot[oe]a Quamoclit}, formerly {Quamoclit
      vulgaris}).
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Cypress
(Heb. tirzah, "hardness"), mentioned only in Isa. 44:14 (R.V.,
"holm tree"). The oldest Latin version translates this word by
ilex, i.e., the evergreen oak, which may possibly have been the
tree intended; but there is great probability that our
Authorized Version is correct in rendering it "cypress." This
tree grows abundantly on the mountains of Hermon. Its wood is
hard and fragrant, and very durable. Its foliage is dark and
gloomy. It is an evergreen (Cupressus sempervirens). "Throughout
the East it is used as a funereal tree; and its dark, tall,
waving plumes render it peculiarly appropriate among the tombs."
    

Cypress, AL
  Zip code(s): 35474
Cypress, CA (city, FIPS 17750)
  Location: 33.81635 N, 118.03791 W
  Population (1990): 42655 (14715 housing units)
  Area: 17.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 90630
Cypress, IL (village, FIPS 18251)
  Location: 37.36550 N, 89.01904 W
  Population (1990): 275 (128 housing units)
  Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 62923
Cypress, TX
  Zip code(s): 77429, 77433
    

Cypress, CA -- U.S. city in California
   Population (2000):    46229
   Housing Units (2000): 16028
   Land area (2000):     6.612538 sq. miles (17.126395 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.012266 sq. miles (0.031768 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    6.624804 sq. miles (17.158163 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            17750
   Located within:       California (CA), FIPS 06
   Location:             33.818315 N, 118.039045 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     90630
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Cypress, CA
    Cypress
    

Cypress, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
   Population (2000):    271
   Housing Units (2000): 128
   Land area (2000):     0.747246 sq. miles (1.935358 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.747246 sq. miles (1.935358 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            18251
   Located within:       Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
   Location:             37.365543 N, 89.017473 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     62923
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Cypress, IL
    Cypress