bald cypress


noun

a tree, Taxodium distichum, of swampy areas of the southern U.S., having featherlike needles and cone-shaped projections growing up from the roots, yielding a hardwood used in construction, shipbuilding, etc.
Also called southern cypress.

Origin of bald cypress

An Americanism dating back to 1700–10

Words nearby bald cypress

British Dictionary definitions for bald cypress

bald cypress

noun

another name for swamp cypress