cyprès

Cdn French

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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one of several species of pine tree, especially the Banksian and the lodge-pole.

See: cypress(def. 1)

Quotations

1784

Then [we] crossed a small bay 3/4 mile S. by W. to portage Cyprès. . . .

1823

Banksiana: the Canadian voyagers term it Cypres. . . .

1896

Early in the afternoon we entered an extensive grove of pines . . . the cyprès of the métis.