cypress

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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.

Konzepte

Zypressengewächse

plural Zypressen

Synonyme

cypress tree

cypres

Cupressaceae

Übersetzungen

κυπαρίσσι

cupressus

cyparissus

Cupressus

cypres

cipres

chamaecyparis

Frequenz

27k
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/
Etymologie (Englisch)

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).

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