英语词汇“cypress knee”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

cypress knee

释义

cypress¹ /sīˈprəs or -pris/

noun

A coniferous tree (genus Cupressus), whose branches used to be carried at funerals
Hence, a symbol of death
Extended to various other trees, esp in America to the swamp-growing deciduous conifer Taxodium distichum

ORIGIN: OFr ciprès (Fr cyprès), from L cupressus from Gr kyparissos

cypress knee noun

A hollow upgrowth from the root of the swamp-cypress, an organ of respiration

cypress swamp noun

cypress vine noun

A tropical American climbing plant (Quamoclit pennata), frequently cultivated for its scarlet or orange tubular flowers

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