Cypress

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /ˈsaɪ.prÉ™s/
• Homophones: Cyprus

Origin

From Old French cipres (French cyprès), from Ancient Greek κυπάρισσος (kuparissos), probably from an unknown Mediterranean Pre-Greek language; see Hebrew גפר, the name of the tree whose wood was used to make the ark (Genesis. vi:14).

Full definition of cypress

Noun

1. An evergreen coniferous tree with flattened shoots bearing small scale-like leaves, whose dark foliage is sometimes associated with mourning, in family Cupressaceae, especially the genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis
2. silk or cotton gauze fabric, usually black