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cypress

The correct spelling is cypress.

How to pronounce cypress

/ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/
noun

IPA: /ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/

Say it like: Syp-res-s

The correct spelling is cypress. An evergreen coniferous tree with flattened shoots bearing small scale-like leaves, whose dark foliage is sometimes associated with mourning, in family Cupressaceae, especially…

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Definition

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

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