Cypress

Definitions

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. A city in Orange County, California, United States.
3. Ellipsis of Cypress County.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

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Examples

“The plain appears like⟳ paradiſe reſtored, where the proud cypreſs and tall arreca ſeem walking by the margin of the paſſing ſtream..”

“Have⟳ a tree or two the witches particularly like⟳, such as the alder, larch, cypress and hemlock; then, to counteract any possible evil effects, there must be a holly, yew, hazel, elder, mountain ash or juniper.”

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