- any of several evergreen coniferous trees constituting the genus Cupressus, having dark-green, scalelike, overlapping leaves.
- any of various other coniferous trees of allied genera, as the bald cypress.
- any of various unrelated plants resembling the true cypress.
- the wood of these trees or plants.
- a fine, thin fabric resembling lawn or crepe, formerly used in black for mourning garments and trimmings.
- a city in SW California.
- any coniferous tree of the N temperate genus Cupressus, having dark green scalelike leaves and rounded cones: family Cupressaceae
- any of several similar and related trees, such as the widely cultivated Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Lawson's cypress), of the western US
- any of various other coniferous trees, esp the swamp cypress
- the wood of any of these trees
- a fabric, esp a fine silk, lawn, or crepelike material, often black and worn as mourning
