bald cypress
n 1: smaller than and often included in the closely related
Taxodium distichum [syn: {pond cypress}, {Taxodium
ascendens}]
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}]