cy‧press /ˈsaɪprəs, ˈsaɪprɪs/
noun [countable][
Date: 1100-1200;
Language: Old French;
Origin: ciprès, from Latin cyparissus, from Greek kyparissos]
a tree with dark green leaves and hard wood, which does not lose its leaves in winter
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