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bald cypress

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.15 in modern English

Syllables
bald -cy-press
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the species Taxodium distichum of deciduous conifer trees, native to often-flooded areas of the southeastern and south central parts of the United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

bald cypresses (plural) baldcypress (alternative) bald-cypress (alternative)

Synonyms

cypress southern cypress white cypress tidewater red cypress Gulf cypress red cypress swamp cypress pond cypress

Questions

What does bald cypress mean?
Any member of the species Taxodium distichum of deciduous conifer trees, native to often-flooded areas of the southeastern and south central parts of the United States.

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