(亦作 cypress tree)an evergreen coniferous tree with small rounded woody cones and flattened shoots bearing small scale-like leaves 柏树。 参见 Lawson's cypress
Cupressus, Chamaecyparis, and other genera, family Cupressaceae: many species, including the columnar Italian cypress (Cupressus sempervirens), common throughout southern Europe 柏木属,扁柏属及其他属,柏科: 多种,包括立柱状地中海柏木(拉丁名Cupressus sempervirens), 欧洲南部常见参见 Lawson's cypress ■ a tree of this type, or branches from it, as a symbol of mourning 柏树,柏枝(作为哀悼标志) ■used in names of similar coniferous trees of other families, e.g. swamp cypress 用于其他松科树木名称中,如swamp cypress
语源
Middle English: from Old French cipres, from late Latin cypressus, from Greek kuparissos