CYPRESS — CYPRESS, the tree Cupressus sempervirens of which two varieties are known, the horizontal Cupressus sempervirens horizontalis and the vertical Cupressus sempervirens pyramidalis. The former grows wild in the high mountains of Gilead and the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Cypress — Cy press (s? pr?s), n.; pl. {Cypresses} ( ?z). [OE. cipres, cipresse, OF. cipres, F. cypr?s, L. cupressus, cyparissus (cf. the usual Lat. form cupressus), fr. Gr. ????, perh. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. g?pher, Gen. vi. 14.] (Bot) A coniferous… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cypress — Cypress, CA U.S. city in California Population (2000): 46229 Housing Units (2000): 16028 Land area (2000): 6.612538 sq. miles (17.126395 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.012266 sq. miles (0.031768 sq. km) Total area (2000): 6.624804 sq. miles… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Cypress, CA — U.S. city in California Population (2000): 46229 Housing Units (2000): 16028 Land area (2000): 6.612538 sq. miles (17.126395 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.012266 sq. miles (0.031768 sq. km) Total area (2000): 6.624804 sq. miles (17.158163 sq. km)… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Cypress, IL — U.S. village in Illinois Population (2000): 271 Housing Units (2000): 128 Land area (2000): 0.747246 sq. miles (1.935358 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.747246 sq. miles (1.935358 sq. km) FIPS… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
cypress — cypress1 [sī′prəs] adj. [ME cipres < OFr < LL(Ec) cypressus, for L cupressus < Gr kyparissos] designating a family (Cupressaceae) of conifers including the junipers n. 1. any of a genus (Cupressus) of evergreen, cone bearing trees of the … English World dictionary
cypress — type of evergreen tree (sacred to Pluto), late 12c., from O.Fr. cipres (12c., Mod.Fr. cyprès), from L.L. cypressus, from L. cupressus, from Gk. kyparissos, probably from an unknown pre Greek Mediterranean language. Perhaps related to Heb. gopher … Etymology dictionary
cypress — ► NOUN ▪ an evergreen coniferous tree with flattened shoots bearing small scale like leaves, whose dark foliage is sometimes associated with mourning. ORIGIN Greek kuparissos … English terms dictionary
Cypress — Not to be confused with Cyprus. For other uses, see Cypress (disambiguation). Monterey Cypresses (Cupressus macrocarpa) planted in Melbourne, Australia … Wikipedia
CyPress — Die CyPress GmbH war ein Zeitschriftenverlag mit Sitz in Höchberg bei Würzburg. 1996 wurde CyPress als Verlag für das Videospielmagazin fun generation von Kai Neugebauer, Stephan Girlich, Götz Schmiedehausen, Wolfgang Hartmann und dem Vogel… … Deutsch Wikipedia
