Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chinese swamp cypress

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.15 in modern English

Syllables: chi-ne-se swamp -cy-press
IPA

38

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A deciduous tree of species Glyptostrobus pensilis, native to subtropical parts of southeastern China.

Example Sentences

"[…]the branchlets of the bald cypresses, and those of the smaller Chinese swamp cypresses growing with them, turned to a rusty orange colour and were shed."
"The Chinese swamp cypress is deciduous, and it occurs naturally only on riverbanks and in swamps."

Inflected Forms

Chinese swamp cypresses (plural)

Questions

What does chinese swamp cypress mean?: A deciduous tree of species Glyptostrobus pensilis, native to subtropical parts of southeastern China.

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