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Swamp cypress

noun

Common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms. Synonyms: bald cypress, pond bald cypress, southern cypress, Taxodium distichum.

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... supposed to have originated somewhere in the north, and spread by these land connections we have mentioned into both Europe and America. But this is not the only tree that grew in the Miocene forests of both continents. The magnolia, tulip-tree, and swamp cypress are other instances. Eleven species, growing in the Rocky Mountain regions in Rocene times, found their way to Europe in the Miocene times, driving before them the plants of a tropical growth that had hitherto flourished in England. ...

— The Prehistoric World - Vanished Races • E. A. Allen

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Words linked to "Swamp cypress" : pond bald cypress, genus Taxodium, Mexican swamp cypress, cypress, Taxodium distichum, bald cypress, Taxodium