cypress

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Sinonieme

cedar

cypress tree

tree

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cypres

Cupressaceae

Vertalings

cipresso

cyprès

ciprés

Zypresse

cipreste

κυπαρίσσι

xiprer

cipres

cupressus

servi

Cupressus

cyparissus

cypres

chamaecyparis

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: cipres

Verwante met Frans: cyprès

Verwante met Hebreeus: גֹּפֶר

In summary

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).