cypress

cypress
noun
  1. (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
  2. 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
  1. Middle English: from Old French cipres, from late Latin cypressus, from Greek kuparissos
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