WordNet
n. smaller than and often included in the closely related Taxodium distichum [syn: pond cypress, Taxodium ascendens]
common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms [syn: swamp cypress, pond bald cypress, southern cypress, Taxodium distichum]
Usage examples of "bald cypress".
Maneuvering the pirogue required expert concentration as they wended their way between the bald cypress trees that rose smooth-trunked from the streams like royal queens.
The scattered dwarf palmettos, pines, and locust trees of the heights gave way to maples and poplars, walnuts and oaks, and finally to a deep humid forest with sour-gum, bald cypress, thickets of bamboo, and huge old tulip trees more than four meters in diameter.
But the walk was definitely worth it, because the pond was deep green, full of lilies and small darting fish, surrounded by a thick stand of bald cypress.
When she asked about them Lucy told her they were tupelo gum, old-growth bald cypress, cedar.
Lucy told her they were tupelo gum, old-growth bald cypress, cedar.
As far north as Corkscrew Swamp, virgin stands of ancient bald cypress are dying.
Now the loblolly pine floors with their coating of paste wax felt slick and smooth under the young girl's bare feet as she wandered out, down the hall with its panels of bald cypress and paintings in thick frames of dull gold.
From the watery inlets rose the ancient bald cypress trees, magnificently&mdash.