WordNet
swamp cypress
n. common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms [syn: bald cypress, pond bald cypress, southern cypress, Taxodium distichum]
Wikipedia
Swamp cypress
Swamp cypress is a common name for more than one species of plants in the family Cupressaceae (cypresses):
- Species of the genus Taxodium
- Taxodium distichum
- Glyptostrobus pensilis
- Actinostrobus pyramidalis
Usage examples of "swamp cypress".
There were fewer flooded fields and more ruined tombs, overgrown with creepers and moss amidst rustling stands of bamboo or clumps of date or oil palms, or copses of dark green swamp cypress.