cypress

noun

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.

   “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.”

2. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of Cyprus (“type of fabric”).

name

1. A city in Orange County, California, United States.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of Cypress County.