cypress tree vs southern cypress

southern cypress vs cypress tree

cypress tree and southern cypress both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cypress tree	Yes	No	No	No
southern cypress	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, southern cypress is a hyponym of cypress tree; that is, southern cypress is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cypress tree:

cypress tree: any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones
southern cypress: common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms

Other hyponyms of cypress tree include Cupressus goveniana, gowen cypress, Cupressus goveniana pigmaea, Cupressus pigmaea, pygmy cypress, Cupressus abramsiana, Cupressus goveniana abramsiana, Santa Cruz cypress, Arizona cypress, Cupressus arizonica, Cupressus guadalupensis, Guadalupe cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa, Monterey cypress, cedar of Goa, Cupressus lusitanica, Mexican cypress, Portuguese cypress, Cupressus sempervirens, Italian cypress, Mediterranean cypress, cypress pine, bald cypress, pond cypress, Taxodium ascendens, Mexican swamp cypress, Montezuma cypress, Taxodium mucronatum, juniper, bald cypress, pond bald cypress, swamp cypress, Taxodium distichum, redwood, sequoia.

cypress tree (noun)	southern cypress (noun)
any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones	common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms
	wood of a common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms

Difference between cypress tree and southern cypress

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