cypre

large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood ;

cypress

any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones ; wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus ;

cypress family

cypresses and junipers and many cedars ;

cypress pine

any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of Australia and northern New Caledonia ;

cypress sedge

tufted sedge of temperate regions; nearly cosmopolitan ;

cypress spurge

Old World perennial having foliage resembling cypress; naturalized as a weed in the United States ;

cypress tree

any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones ;

cypress vine

tropical American annual climber having red (sometimes white) flowers and finely dissected leaves; naturalized in United States and elsewhere ;

cyprian

a native or inhabitant of Cyprus ; a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money ;

cyprinid

soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales ;

cyprinid fish

soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales ;

cyprinidae

a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dace ;

cypriniform fish

a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes ;

cypriniformes

an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi ;

cyprinodont

any member of the family Cyprinodontidae ;

cyprinodontidae

large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies ;

cyprinus

type genus of the family Cyprinidae: carp ;

cyprinus carpio

large Old World freshwater bottom-feeding fish introduced into Europe from Asia; inhabits ponds and sluggish streams and often raised for food; introduced into United States where it has become a pest ;

cypriot

a native or inhabitant of Cyprus ;

cypriot monetary unit

monetary unit in Cyprus ;

cypriot pound

the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents ;

cypriote

a native or inhabitant of Cyprus ;

cypripedia

a plant or flower of the genus Cypripedium ;

cypripedium

genus of chiefly American perennial leafy-stemmed orchids: lady's slippers; sometimes includes species of genus Paphiopedilum ;

cypripedium acaule

once common rose pink woodland orchid of eastern North America ;

cypripedium album

pale pink wild orchid of northeastern America having an inflated pouchlike lip ;

cypripedium arietinum

orchid of northern North America having a brownish-green flower and red-and-white lip suggestive of a ram's head ;

cypripedium calceolus

maroon to purple-brown orchid with yellow lip; Europe, North America and Japan ;

cypripedium calceolus pubescens

plant of eastern and central North America having slightly fragrant purple-marked greenish-yellow flowers ;

cypripedium californicum

often having many yellow-green orchids with white pouches growing along streams and seeps of southwestern Oregon and northern California ;

cypripedium fasciculatum

clusters of several short stems each having 2 broad leaves and 2-4 drooping brownish to greenish flowers with pouches mottled with purple; British Columbia to central California and northern Colorado ;

cypripedium montanum

leafy plant having a few stems in a clump with 1 white and dull purple flower in each upper leaf axil; Alaska to northern California and Wyoming ;

cypripedium parviflorum

maroon to purple-brown orchid with yellow lip; Europe, North America and Japan ;

cypripedium reginae

pale pink wild orchid of northeastern America having an inflated pouchlike lip ;

cyproheptadine

an antihistamine (trade name Periactin) used to treat some allergic reactions ;

cyprus

an island in the eastern Mediterranean ; a country on the island of Cyprus; 80% of the people are of Greek origin and 20% or Turkish origin ;

cyrano de bergerac

a French soldier and dramatist remembered chiefly for fighting many duels (often over the size of his nose); was immortalized in 1897 in a play by Edmond Rostand (1619-1655) ;

cyril burt

English psychologist whose studies of twins were later said to have used fabricated data (1883-1971) ;

cyril lodowic burt

English psychologist whose studies of twins were later said to have used fabricated data (1883-1971) ;

cyril northcote parkinson

British historian noted for ridicule of bureaucracies (1909-1993) ;