bald cypress

English - Turkish

Definition of bald cypress in English Turkish dictionary

kel servi

English - English

Definition of bald cypress in English English dictionary

smaller than and often included in the closely related Taxodium distichum

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

Either of two large swamp trees (Taxodium distichum and T. ascendens; family Taxodiaceae) of the southern U.S. that are related to the sequoias. The hard red wood of cypress is often used for roofing shingles. The so-called deciduous cypress family (see deciduous tree) comprises 10 genera with 15 species of ornamental and timber evergreen trees, native to eastern Asia, Tasmania, and North America. The leaves on a single tree may be scalelike, needlelike, or a mixture of both. Both male and female cones are borne on the same tree. The Tasmanian cedar (Athrotaxis), Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica), China fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata), umbrella pine (Sciadopitys verticillata), big tree, redwood, dawn redwood, and bald cypress are economically important timber trees in this family

Hyphenation

bald cy·press

Turkish pronunciation

bôld sayprıs

Pronunciation

/ˈbôld ˈsīprəs/ /ˈbɔːld ˈsaɪprəs/