different between cypress vs tupelo

English

Alternative forms

• cypres (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /?sa?.p??s/
• Homophone: Cyprus

Etymology 1

From Old French cipres (French cyprès), from Ancient Greek ?????????? (kupárissos), probably from an unknown Mediterranean Pre-Greek language; compare Hebrew ??????? (g?p?er), the name of the tree whose wood was used to make the ark (Genesis. vi:14).

Noun

cypress (plural cypresses)

1. An evergreen coniferous tree with flattened shoots bearing small scale-like leaves, whose dark foliage is sometimes associated with mourning, in family Cupressaceae, especially the genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

cypress

1. Alternative form of Cyprus (“type of fabric”)

References

• cypress on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cupressus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Chamaecyparis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Swedish

Noun

cypress c

1. cypress

Declension

English

Etymology

From Creek.

Noun

tupelo (plural tupelos)

1. Any of several trees of the genus Nyssa which grow in swampy regions on the eastern, southern and midwestern United States.
   1. (in particular) Nyssa aquatica.
   2. (in particular) Nyssa multiflora, a North American tree of the dogwood family, with brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red berries.