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    BALD CYPRESS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

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

    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)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Smaller than and often included in the closely related Taxodium distichumplay

    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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