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BALD CYPRESS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms

Synonyms:

bald cypress; pond bald cypress; southern cypress; swamp cypress; Taxodium distichum

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("bald cypress" is a kind of...):

cypress (wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus)

Holonyms ("bald cypress" is a member of...):

genus Taxodium; Taxodium (bald cypress; swamp cypress)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Smaller than and often included in the closely related Taxodium distichum

Synonyms:

bald cypress; pond cypress; Taxodium ascendens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("bald cypress" is a kind of...):

cypress (wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus)

Holonyms ("bald cypress" is a member of...):

genus Taxodium; Taxodium (bald cypress; swamp cypress)

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