<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>Any of several evergreen coniferous trees constituting the genus <em>Cupressus</em>, having dark-green, scalelike, overlapping leaves.</li><li>Any of various other coniferous trees of allied genera, as the bald cypress.</li><li>Any of various unrelated plants resembling the true cypress.</li><li>The wood of these trees or plants.</li></ul>