cypress
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6.1
- noun
- /ˈsaɪprəs/
:
madera de ciprés
- I could smell that peppery-sweet cypress.
It has the Comforter bubble bar sent with black currant, citrusy bergamot and earthy Cypress.
- It has the Comforter bubble bar sent with black currant, citrusy bergamot and earthy Cypress.
- Now, I don't know what white Cypress oil smells like, I really don't know, but these are the worst smelling makeup remover wipes I have ever used in my life.
Examples
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I even know how to make them out of cypress logs.
Fiction book (1992) -
The shelf was made of good, strong cypress, but it was bowed under Parker's considerable weight.
Fiction book (2002) -
I have played around with a piece of Cypress as my sample handle all week and it's a little too soft for me.
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I also love Cypress oil and rub those directly on the area of pain three times a day.
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A building can be a hundred years old; if it's made of cypress, you're going to smell that.
Fiction book (1995) -
According to clay tablets in the Mari archives, white horses, rich fabrics, and fine palm, cypress, and myrtle wood passed through the city.
Academic text (2007) -
Hunt could smell the cypress boards, damp with sea spray and the night air, as he and his father were pressed from behind right up to the walk, heads turned, waiting for the beauty contestants to come from the bathhouse in their swimsuits.
Fiction book (1999) -
Throughout that time, local cypress trees were logged extensively for timber production, and into the 1940s, many of the pines were damaged or destroyed by tapping for turpentine.
Academic text (2010) -
The squared, rough-hewn cypress logs had been stacked and stored for decades like a family heirloom in a barn, while the family home thrived and then failed.
Fiction book (1996) -
The carpenter chose cypress wood for the outdoor furniture because it is durable and weather-resistant.
Synonyms
Wood from the tree used for furniture and outdoor building because it resists rot
Wood from a wetland tree that resists rot and is used for decks and outdoor furniture
Wood from trees with swollen bases that grow in southern US swamps and that people use to make furniture
Wood from a large swamp tree with a wide trunk base, used for furniture and boat building
Compounds
- US
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A large tree that loses its leaves and grows in swamps in the southeastern United States
- Australian
An Australian evergreen tree with small flat leaves like scales that people use for its wood and resin
- Australian
An evergreen tree or shrub from Australia that grows well in dry soil and has hard wood
- Australian
Wood from an evergreen Australian tree often used for building and fences
A small clump of grass-like plants with thin leaves that grow in wet ground and look like tiny green trees
A climbing plant from tropical America with finely divided leaves and red star-shaped flowers
A tree with bluish-silver, scale-like leaves that grows in dry parts of the American Southwest
- US
Wood from the tree used for furniture and outdoor building because it resists rot
- Specialized
A large evergreen tree with a tall straight trunk and strong wood used for building
A tall tree with thin grey bark and upright branches often planted in gardens and cemeteries
A tall evergreen tree from Mexico with drooping branches often grown in gardens
A large tree with a thick trunk that grows near rivers and lakes in central Mexico
Wood from large trees that grow near rivers in Mexico used for furniture and boats
A tall tree that stays green all year from the Monterey Bay area used to decorate gardens and block wind
- Specialized
A large tree from Mexico that grows by rivers, has a very wide trunk and lives a long time
- Specialized
Wood from the large tree that grows by rivers in Mexico and is used for building and furniture
- Specialized
A small tree or shrub that keeps its leaves all year and is often grown in California gardens
A tree with blue green leaves that grows on Guadalupe Island and spreads widely
A tall, thin evergreen tree that grows in a narrow column and people plant in gardens
A tall evergreen tree from the Pacific coast of North America often grown in gardens
A rare small cypress tree that grows only a few feet tall in northern California
- Australian
An Australian tree with small flat leaves and hard wood used for building
A large tree with a wide trunk base that grows in swamps of the southern United States
- US
A tree that loses its leaves and grows in wet places in the southern United States
- US
Wood from a wetland tree that resists rot and is used for decks and outdoor furniture
A tall evergreen tree with hanging branches native to Mexico and introduced to Portugal
- Specialized
A rare cypress tree that grows only in a few places in California
- Specialized
A tree that has cones and a swollen base that grows in southern US swamps
- Specialized
Wood from trees with swollen bases that grow in southern US swamps and that people use to make furniture
A large tree with a wide trunk base that grows in southern United States swamps
Wood from a large swamp tree with a wide trunk base, used for furniture and boat building
A medium-sized slow-growing cedar tree from the east coast of the United States
- Australian
A small Australian tree or shrub with scented wood and small flat leaves
A tall coastal tree called Alaska cedar that keeps green leaves all year and is often planted for decoration
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cypress is also used for the wood of the tree and has the same origin from Greek kyparissos and Latin cupressus. Because people long used the wood for its strength and pleasant smell, the name came to mean both the 'tree' and its 'wood'.