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† ˈcypre Obs.
Also cypyr, -ur, cipre, -er.
[ad. L. cyprus, a. Gr. κύπρος (from κύπρος Cyprus), the henna plant. The L. form also occurs.]
1. The henna-shrub (Lawsonia alba or inermis), with fragrant white flowers, found in the Levant.
1382Wyclif Song Sol. i. 13 The clustre of cipre tree [1611 camphire]. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. xxv. (1495) 618 The Cypre is a tree in Egypte lyke to Oliue in leues. 1558Warde tr. Alexis' Secr. ii. 50 b, Take..Damaske roses..Bengewyn, Cypre Alexandrine. [1748Phil. Trans. 566 The Cyprus grows..as a Shrub of ten or fifteen Feet in Height, and has very much the Appearance of Privet.]
¶2. Used by confusion for cypress1.
a1440Sir Eglam. 277 Cypur treys were growyn owte. 14..Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 716/41 Hec cipressus, a cypyrtre. 1583Stanyhurst Aeneis ii. (Arb.) 66 A ciper by the churche seat abydeth. 1632Lithgow Trav. 63 Cypre-trees. |