From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Plantscypresscy‧press /ˈsaɪprɪs/ noun [countable]HBPa tree with darkgreen leaves and hard wood, which does not lose its leaves in winterExamples from the Corpuscypress• Behind him the minister stood as straight and shadowy as a cypress tree.• From January to early May the biggest sources are evergreen trees such as juniper, cedar and cypress.• Tom Kitain to its freshly duggrave by a grove of olive and cypress trees.• Last year, because it rained frequently during cypressseason, pollen levels stayed relatively low.• Crickets were singing loudly up here, and a gentlebreezestirred the leaves of the cypresses.• She rested now and then under the shade of the cypresses and watched other touristslabouring in the heat.• The cypresses, the olives, green to grey to green in the ever-changing light.Origincypress(1100-1200)Old Frenchciprès, from Latincyparissus, from Greekkyparissos