cypress

/ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/

IPA: /S AY1 P R AH0 S/

noun
  1. 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.

noun
  1. 1

    A thin, translucent, usually black fabric, a kind of crape.

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