SWAMP CYPRESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does swamp cypress mean? 

• SWAMP CYPRESS (noun)
  The noun SWAMP CYPRESS has 1 sense:

1. common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms

  Familiarity information: SWAMP CYPRESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWAMP CYPRESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bald cypress; pond bald cypress; southern cypress; swamp cypress; Taxodium distichum

Hypernyms ("swamp cypress" is a kind of...):

cypress (wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus)

Holonyms ("swamp cypress" is a member of...):

genus Taxodium; Taxodium (bald cypress; swamp cypress)