noun
1. smaller than and often included in the closely related Taxodium distichum
• Syn: ↑pond cypress, ↑Taxodium ascendens
• Hypernyms: ↑cypress
• Member Holonyms: ↑Taxodium, ↑genus Taxodium
2. common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms
• Syn: ↑swamp cypress, ↑pond bald cypress, ↑southern cypress, ↑Taxodium distichum
• Hypernyms: ↑cypress
• Member Holonyms: ↑Taxodium, ↑genus Taxodium
Useful english dictionary. 2012.