pond cypress
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.18 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A variety of bald cypress native to blackwater rivers of the Southeastern United States; a deciduous conifer of species Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium (formerly known as Taxodium ascendens).
Example Sentences
- "Most of the pond cypress leaves are twisted so that they stand erect along the upper side of the twigs, creating a featherlike effect. By contrast, the leaves of bald cypress are arranged in a spiral all around the twigs."
- "In areas of peat soils, bald cypress dominates, and in marl soils, pond cypress dominates. Their growth forms are distinctive--bald cypress limbs extending horizontally and pond cypress extending at a uniform upward angle."