Definition of "cypress"

cypress¹

/ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/

noun
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.
  Quotations
  Have a tree or two the witches particularly like, such as the alder, larch, cypress and hemlock; then, to counteract any possible evil effects, there must be a holly, yew, hazel, elder, mountain ash or juniper.
  1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 273

cypress²

/ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/

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