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Noun: swamp cypress  swómp sI-prus
  1. Wood of a common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms
    - bald cypress, pond bald cypress, southern cypress
     
  2. Common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms
    - pond bald cypress, southern cypress, bald cypress, Taxodium distichum

Derived forms: swamp cypresses

Type of: cypress, cypress tree

Part of: genus Taxodium, Taxodium

Encyclopedia: Swamp cypress